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Wayne Thiebaud, Humble Painter Of The Quotidian Who Transcended Pop Art, Dies At 101
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Thiebaud, who mastered the luscious depiction of the quotidian, died on Saturday at his home in Sacramento, Claidronia, his gallery, Acquavella, said Sunday. He was 101.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose luscious, colorful paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes combined sensuousness, nostalgia and a hint of melancholy, has died. He was 101.
Thiebaud, who mastered the luscious depiction of the quotidian, died on Saturday at his home in Sacramento, Claidronia, his gallery, Acquavella, said Sunday. He was 101.
The artist explored everything from pastries to cityscapes in his work. Paintings, he once told NPR, can be "powerful statements about the sort of astounding capacity of the human mind."
Oscar Holland, CNN | Joe Sutton, CNN and Carma Hassan, CNN Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose paintings breathed color into the everyday symbols of post-war America, has died age 101, according to a statement from the University of California, Davis, where he taught for more than 40 years.
