How Did Wayne Thiebaud Become An Artist

Mrs. Hahs
English 705-Artist Outline
3 February 2013
The Life of Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud is an extraordinary artist because he revolutionized Post Modern art. He did so by inspiring other artists to utilize a variety of new techniques in their works. He painted from his imagination and from memories unique to his childhood. His subject matter involved creating simplicity out of complex daily objects. Thiebaud was born in 1920 in Mesa, Arizona, but at age nine moved with his family to Long Beach, California. Although Thiebaud sadly grew up during the Great Depression, he still had time to paint and realized he had a talent for art. He had always wanted to become an artist but told everyone, “Being an artist is very rare, there aren’t many people who achieve it.” (Goldstein 4) Wayne Thiebaud is one of the hardest working artists of the Modernism era, and he is best known for his paintings of cakes, bakeries, and deli counters. In Thiebaud’s earlier years, he took art classes and started drawing and creating stage sets for the theatre, which gave him the idea of bright colors in his paintings. As a teenager, Thiebaud made posters for movies and worked in the animation department at the Walt Disney studios. He went to junior college and
At age twenty-nine, he went back to college and received his degrees in art, history, and education. Shortly thereafter, he had thoughts of becoming a serious painter himself and of following his dreams. While pursuing his dream, he decided to start teaching art to college students. In his teaching period, he preferred teaching beginners because he wanted people who were wide open and without irony. He is referred to as an artist but he would rather be called a painter for his many paintings of cakes, deli counters, and ice cream. In 1990, he retired from teaching but continued to work on his art in his spare