Oct 14, 2021 Oct 14, 2021 Updated Feb 13, 2023 Pastels, the chalky crayon-like sticks embraced by, most famously, Edgar Degas, who drew ballerinas with them, and Wayne Thiebaud, whose pastel cakes ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Delectable pastries. A still life of a deli counter. A chorus line of red, pink and orange lipsticks. Pastel city-scapes and landscapes. Wayne Thiebaud's colorful depictions of everyday life made ...

Pastel was first used in the sixteenth century because of its innate light reflective properties, and in the same tradition, Thiebaud's pastels imbue each composition with tactile texture while ...

Wayne Thiebaud, “Study for Brown River” (2002), ... pastel, and charcoal. After all, Thiebaud is just a few months shy of his ninety-eighth birthday and has been showing regularly since 1962. ...

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 ...

Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings is at the Crocker Art Museum through Jan. 3. For more information, including any scheduled reopening, visit crockerart.org . Art is a collective ...

Wayne Thiebaud, Sardines, 1982–1990.Watercolor over etching on wove paper. Estimated at $70,000—100,000 in Premier Prints & Multiples on Artnet Auctions.

A second Thiebaud retrospective concurrently on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, "The Icing on the Cake: Selected Prints by Wayne Thiebaud," is somewhat less exhibitionistic, by virtue of the ...

Three Treats, c. 1975-76, oil on panel, gift of Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud (UC Davis photo by Gregory Urquiaga) The gifts put UC Davis’ new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art (opening ...

One of California’s most important artists has donated a painting and six prints to Laguna Art Museum. Wayne Thiebaud, 92, provided the gift Oct. 12 as he was receiving the museum’s Cal… ...