Wayne Thiebaud, whose luminous paintings of cakes, gumball machines, and other symbols of mid-century Americana made him one of the country’s most recognizable and beloved artists, died on ...

On November 15, Wayne Thiebaud, the cherished American painter of cakes and sweets, hits an impressive milestone: his 100th birthday. Born November 1920 in Mesa, Arizona, and raised in California ...

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 ...

Wayne Thiebaud, whose luscious, colorful paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes combined sensuousness, nostalgia and a hint of melancholy, died on Dec. 25. He was 101. His death was ...

painting might come a little easier for Wayne Thiebaud, one of America's finest painters. "No, it doesn't," says the self-effacing master, standing amid his famous paintings of cakes and pies and ...

His “Display Cakes” (1963) and acknowledge a strange ... Plenty of evidence is on view in “Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes From Art” at the San Francisco Legion of Honor through Aug. 17.

Wayne Thiebaud may be best known for confections, but friends and critics point to his underappreciated depths. © Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY ...

Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Wayne-Thiebaud-is-Not-a-Pop-Artist.html He made a name for himself painting pastries and other everyday ...

The artist was known for colorful paintings featuring cakes and gumball machines. By The Associated Press Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose luscious, colorful paintings of cakes and San Francisco ...