Wayne Thiebaud is a 92-year-old American artist known for his paintings of food like cakes, pies, and sweets using techniques that make the paintings look like icing. Though he gained success in the 1960s alongside pop artists like Andy Warhol, Thiebaud did not consider himself a pop artist. He used various media like ink with hatching and cross-hatching techniques as well as oil paint to depict his famous food-based subjects in a style evoking icing or frosting.

1. Wayne Thiebaud
(b. 1920, now age 92)

2. Wayne Thiebaud
• A famous American artist.
• His most famous paintings are of food
like cakes, pies and sweets!

3. Pop Art?
• Thiebaud became
successful in the
1960s, about the
same time as pop
artists like Andy
Warhol.
• However, he
didn’t think of
himself as a pop
artist!

4. Media • Sometimes he used ink and
used techniques like hatching
and cross-hatching.
• Often he used oil paint. It looks
a bit like icing!