Presentation slides on one of my favorite California artists.

1. “ART IN CALIFORNIA
WE GOT IT DOWN”

2. 1850 HISTORY

3. FOOD
AGRICULTURE

4. LAND
TOPOGRAPHY

5. CULTURE

6. IDEAS
INNOVATION

7. W A Y N E
T H I E B A U D
BY
ADVERTISING
CULTURE GURU
COLOR <3ER
STRATEGIST
& SUN CHILD

8. L I F E
I N S P.
S T Y L E
T O D A Y

9. SENSE OF
TOUCH

10. USE
OF COLOR
& FORM
OVERALL
CONTROL

11. L I F E
THIEBAUD’S RESUME
ROOTS: Born 1920 - Mesa, Arizona, worked for Disney, Cartoons, moved to NY.
CAREER: painter, teacher, cartoonist, commercial art
EDUCATION: 1950-53 California State University - MA, BA
AWARDS: 1972 Honorary Doctorate, CCA, San Francisco, CA
1983 Honorary Doctorate, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
1988 Honorary Doctorate, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1994 National Medal for Arts Presidential Award, from President Clinton

12. I
N
S
P
I
R
E
B
GREAT ARTISTS
Y
Walt Kuhn - Bart Van der Leck
D
Edward Hopper - Willem de Kooning
Franz Kline - and others.

13. S T Y L E
idual
indiv tes
o pposi
no t pop

14. absstraction
representation

15. seriousness

16. wit
what’s your style?

17. {you}
Think about your
style. How is it
developing?
Where does it draw
from? Who is it made
for? What will it look
like in the future?

18. T O D A Y

19. 9/27/11
DID YOU GOOGLE?
Celebrate 12th Birthday Anniversary of Google doodle
So far you have seen why I am so fond of Thiebaud. Think California.

20. CALIFORNIA
W A Y N E
T H I E B A U D
N TIC
HE
AUT
TALKED ABT.
HIS LIFE/STYLE
FORMAL QUALITIES
INSPIRATIONS
BIG MESSAGE IS

21. END
PLEASE ENJOY THE CUPCAKES

22. CREDITS...........................................
WEB
Google Images
Wayne Thiebaud -Everyday Enchantment- NY Sun
Wayne Thiebaud @ SFMOMA
Wayne Thiebaud -Unconventional Confections- Daily Press
http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2010/11/wayne-thiebaud-
landscapes.html
http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/klin
e-bio.htm
http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/09/google-12th-birthday-doodle/
http://novakart.blogspot.com/2009/06/wayne-thiebaud-
biography-resume.html
S.F.
The Creamery on 18th st. in the Castro.
Wallgreens for supplying gold chocolates