I was lucky enough to see Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting at the San Jose Museum of Art (February 27–July 4, 2010) and write about it for The Brooklyn Rail (July–August 2010). As with ...

Pastel city-scapes and landscapes. Wayne Thiebaud's colorful depictions of everyday life made him one of America's most beloved painters. Thiebaud died at his home in Sacramento on Saturday.

"Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings and Pastels" at the John Berggruen Gallery might suggest that the gallery now represents the dean of Northern California painters. In fact, the show consists of works ...

The paintings of Wayne Thiebaud — the slices of pie, slabs of cake and sloppy spheres of ice cream — are almost shamefully tactile. You want to touch them, run your fingers across the gooey ...

Thiebaud, just a few months shy of his 98th birthday, offers a glimpse into the thinking behind his five decades of work.

Pastels, the chalky crayon-like sticks embraced by, most famously, Edgar Degas, who drew ballerinas with them, and Wayne Thiebaud, whose pastel cakes have charmed many a sweet tooth, have inspired ...

Wayne Thiebaud — the legendary painter known for his colorful paintings of landscapes, portraits and good-enough-to-eat desserts — this week presented to the University of California, Davis, some of ...

So one succinct guest was heard to observe at the recent media preview for "Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective," now on view at the Phillips Collection in honor of the 80-year-old artist's ...

Plenty of evidence is on view in “Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes From Art” at the San Francisco Legion of Honor through Aug. 17. Curated by the museum’s Timothy Anglin Burgard, the exhibition ...

Throughout his eight-decade career, Wayne Thiebaud was fascinated with revisiting similar imagery and employing various media such as oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, ink and graphite as a means ...

Among the images in the new Crocker Exhibition open Friday is Wayne Thiebaud, Watermelon and Knife, 1989. Pastel on paper, 8 5/8 x 9 7/16 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of the Artist's family, 1995.9.30 ...

The Crocker Art Museum is celebrating artist Wayne Thiebaud’s 100th birthday with an exhibition of his work, handmade birthday cards and a lemon meringue pie baking challenge.