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Wayne Thiebaud

1920 - 2021

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Wayne Thiebaud ( TEE-boh; born Morton Wayne Thiebaud; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, cakes, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figure paintings. Thiebaud is regarded as one of the United States' most beloved and recognizable artists. Thiebaud is associated with the pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture, although his early works, executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayne Thiebaud has received more than 1,187,880 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Wayne Thiebaud is the 1,961st most popular painter (down from 1,421st in 2019), the 11,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,484th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 1,961 out of 2,023. Before him are Peter Perez Burdett, Derek Riggs, Kenyon Cox, Edwin Lord Weeks, Worthington Whittredge, and Elizabeth Catlett. After him are William Nicholson, Charles Hamilton Smith, Keiji Inafune, Thomas Dewing, Florence Fuller, and Samuel Colman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 422. Before him are Duncan Hamilton, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Eric Brandon, Tony Gaze, Satish Dhawan, and Josef Doležal. After him are Simon Pimenta, John O'Connor, Luisa Cuesta, Marguerite Higgins, Elliot Richardson, and McDonald Bailey. Among people deceased in 2021, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 589. Before him are Ottorino Sartor, Ekkehard Fasser, Guillermo Sepúlveda, Andrew Vachss, Hans van Baalen, and Buddhadeb Dasgupta. After him are Barbara Shelley, Kinza Clodumar, Ron Flowers, Umberto Colombo, Viktor Shuvalov, and Jacques Zimako.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 11,019 out of 20,380. Before him are George Mostow (1923), Joan Copeland (1922), David Eigenberg (1964), Studs Terkel (1912), Julie Bishop (1914), and Dick Richards (1936). After him are Robert Mercer (1946), Sam Hanks (1914), Jack Jones (1938), Susan Anton (null), Leonidas Polk (1806), and James L. Jones (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Wayne Thiebaud ranks 141. Before him are George Luks (1867), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), Kenyon Cox (1856), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), Worthington Whittredge (1820), and Elizabeth Catlett (1915). After him are Thomas Dewing (1851), Samuel Colman (1832), Rembrandt Peale (1778), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Kari Byron (1974), and Eugene J. Martin (1938).

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