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Wayne Thiebaud

1920 - 2021

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Wayne Thiebaud ( TEE-boh; born Morton Wayne Thiebaud; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, cakes, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figure paintings. Thiebaud is regarded as one of the United States' most beloved and recognizable artists. Thiebaud is associated with the pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture, although his early works, executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists. Thiebaud used heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements were almost always included in his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wayne Thiebaud is the 1,986th most popular painter (down from 1,961st in 2019), the 12,653rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,018th in 2019) and the 146th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 1,986 out of 2,023. Before him are George Luks, Ghada Amer, John Crome, Gertrude Abercrombie, Stephen Wiltshire, and Ali Divandari. After him are Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Joana Vasconcelos, Edwin Lord Weeks, Thomas Sully, Worthington Whittredge, and Robert S. Duncanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 438. Before him are Ruth Graham, Jimmy Witherspoon, Ronald Pope, István Szívós, Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, and Esther Rolle. After him are Bill Reid, Dorothy Abbott, Eric Brandon, Noel Neill, Jose Tomas Sanchez, and Veerasamy Ringadoo. Among people deceased in 2021, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 652. Before him are Gillian Sheen, C. J. Hunter, Richard Lerner, Adrian Metcalfe, Samuel E. Wright, and Slide Hampton. After him are David Khakhaleishvili, Mo Hayder, Viktor Shuvalov, Michael R. Clifford, Cléber Eduardo Arado, and Jane Withers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 12,657 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Wood (1966), Mauri Rose (1906), Julie Carmen (1954), Slide Hampton (1932), Jim Wynorski (1950), and Esther Rolle (1920). After him are Crispus Attucks (1723), Leon Wilkeson (1952), T. J. McConnell (1992), Jeremy Allen White (1991), Steven Klein (1965), and Cass Sunstein (1954).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 146. Before him are Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Mike Kelley (1954), Charles Marion Russell (1864), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), George Luks (1867), and Gertrude Abercrombie (1909). After him are Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), Worthington Whittredge (1820), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), Elizabeth Catlett (1915), Eastman Johnson (1824), and Jacob Lawrence (1917).

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