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Wayne Thiebaud

1920 - 2021

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Wayne Thiebaud 1920 - 2021

1.Born in Mesa, Arizona but raised in Long Beach, California

2.One summer as a teenager, he worked for Walt Disney drawing �cartoon images of Goofy, Pinocchio and Jimminy Cricket.

3.He worked as an artist in the United States Army Air Force from 1942-1945.

4.He uses oil paint and makes small, quick strokes to create a thick �Impasto. This means the paint is so thick it sticks out from the canvas, �making the objects appear more real.

5.His use of single and multiple images of mass-produced American foods has linked him with Pop Art. However, he considers himself a realist painter ��

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