Wayne Thiebaud, Works on Paper

On Saturday I went with with Colleen and friends to the Frederick Weisman gallery on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu to see an exhibit of Wayne Thiebaud, Works on Paper.  Thiebaud was born in 1920 in Mesa, Arizona and grew up on Long Beach, CA.  While still in high school, he worked as an animation apprentice at Walt Disney Studios.  During WWII he served as a cartoonist, illustrator, and filmmaker in the Army Air Force Corps.  After the war he was a graphic designer for Rexall drugstores in L.A.  The posted notes state that "this broad background in cartooning and design gave him a lifelong appreciation for the disciplines of drawing and design.

Thiebaud is best know for his colorful works of pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries and hot dogs.  He is also know for his landscapes especially of the Sacramento area where he taught at U.C. Davis.  He also painted cityscapes, especially in hilly San Francisco where he moved in 1973.

Here are the works that drew me in.  Eight-five works are on display though March 30th.

"Five Flavors," 2003 color lithograph

"Hill Street," 1987 (San Francisco) color woodblock

"City Views," 2003 color lithograph

"Neapolitan Pie Portfolio," 1991 color lithograph

"Park Place," 1995 color hard-ground and drypoint etching with spit-bite aquatint and aquatint

"Two Meringues," 2004 color lithograph

"Gumball Machine, 1971 color linocut

"Lake Wave," 1958 color serigraph

"Dark Cake," 1983 color woodblock

"Levee," 1991 watercolor color monotype

"River Edge," 1997

"Paint Cans," 1990 color lithograph

"Bowties," 1990 color lithograph

"Haku Mele," 1991 by Deborah Butterfield American born 1949
This is the third sculpture I have seen by the artist who crafts horses from scrap metal and found wood which is then molded and cast in bronze.  I enjoy her work.  The other works I have seen are at the Palm Springs Museum of Art and the Franklin Murphy Sculpture gardens at U.C.L.A.