"This deluxe volume, with more than 230 illustrations, covers Thiebaud's career as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker from 1959-2014."--Front flap.
Counting to 10 has never been so sweet! Wayne Thiebaud's delectable paintings, etchings, and drawings make Counting with Wayne Thiebaud as much an introduction to contemporary art as it is a delicious first book of numbers.
Initially identified, by the subject of these works, with American Pop artists, Thiebaud has since shifted his attention to other subjects ranging from the figure to landscape.
The pastel hues of iced sponge cakes match California's candy-colored houses. Curators, critics, and artists guide the reader through the book via insightful bite-size essays.
"This book celebrates the 100th birthday of Wayne Thiebaud.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the twentieth-century American artist known for his brightly colored paintings of ordinary objects.
Conveying a sense of nostalgia, yet anchored in the artist's signature painting style, these enthusiastic works convey the genuineness of the clown as a subject.
Wayne Thiebaud, the California-based painter, has produced works of complexity and distinction that appear deceptively simple in terms of subject matter and in their presentation yet draw on many historical sources.
The works in the exhibition are comprised of a range of media, including acrylic, charcoal, graphite, oil and watercolor on board, canvas and paper.
In Episodes with Wayne Thiebaud, Eve Aschheim and Chris Daubert interview Wayne Thiebaud in four extensive conversations in his studio.
Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting