२७ डिसेंबर, २०२१

"But on closer inspection, his pictures of idealized pies, spaghetti entanglements of highways and gumball machines rimmed in blue halos required unpacking."

"A rustling of unexpected sadness occasionally crept into the paintings after that initial leaping rush of joy — an unsentimental nostalgia for a bygone era or some long lost love.... ... Mr. Thiebaud’s pictures were the opposite of mechanical-looking, their slathered surfaces as rich and thick as the icing on his painted layer cakes. This tactile luxuriousness was one of the things that separated him from classic Pop painting.... 'It has never ceased to thrill and amaze me,' he said, 'the magic of what happens when you put one bit of paint next to another. I wake up every morning and paint.... I’ll be damned but I just can’t stop.'" 

१९ टिप्पण्या:

mikee म्हणाले...

Love doing something so much, and 101 years might not be long enough.

Critter म्हणाले...

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Why does this art require unpacking? Could it be that the artist simply discovered a painting technique and style that appealed and sold?

Whiskeybum म्हणाले...

I have a 'sweet tooth' for Thiebaud paintings. His 'Refrigerator Pies' is one of my very favorite permanent collection works at the Milwaukee Museum of Art.

Refrigerator Pies - 1962

Temujin म्हणाले...

Wonderful painter. Nothing to shake up the world, but paintings that simply make you smile. Or...make me smile. I guess it's all in the eyes of the beholder.

For what its worth, I tried to use my VPN, connecting from Belgium, using Brave browser with a private browsing window. Sometimes this allows me to sneak into the pages of The Times. Apparently the Times is on to me. The jig, as they say, is up. I don't do this often as I long ago gave up on The Times. But this obit I wanted to read.

Whiskeybum म्हणाले...

I just realized that the link that I posted above misattributes the museum as the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena. I searched the online archives of the Norton Simon Museum, and while they have several Thiebaud lithographs and woodcuts, there are no oil paintings by the artist there. The artwork shown is indeed at the Milwaukee Museum of Art as can be seen at numerous other links when searching for 'Refrigerator Pies 1962 Thiebaud'.

gilbar म्हणाले...

Whiskeybum said...
His 'Refrigerator Pies' is one of my very favorite permanent collection works at the Milwaukee Museum of Art.

I'm assuming, that refrigerator is in the cafe the Nighthawks are in?

cf म्हणाले...

Yes, a "wonderful painter" wooing us to see and delight in our commons. I am charmed by his "pie shop display" lineups, but i mostly crave and get reward looking on his very different, dizzying cityscapes, a whole other kind of imagery but that again reveres and captures our capriciously inventive human "world".
g-dspeed.

Howard म्हणाले...

His cityscape paintings have an interesting cubist quality. SFMOMA had a nice collection of his work.

Gerda Sprinchorn म्हणाले...

Thanks for this post.

I had never heard of Thiebaud before. Cheerful and fun paintings.

Scott Patton म्हणाले...

OT
Temujin...
Using Firefox with the Menu Bar enabled:
load the page -> click View -> click Page Style -> click No Style.

अनामित म्हणाले...

My Mom, first rented then bought a Thiebauad, from the then Crocker Art Galley in Sacramento, where Wayne was raised and died. The Crocker is the oldest art museum, West of the Mississippi. Eat S--t, SF :)

Anyway, in the late 60's they had a rent to buy program for local artists and we had a number of works, but the Thiebaud was the only purchase. A seascape, fairly modern IIRC. My brother has it. I suspect it's worth more than the $60 she paid for it. Met Wayne a few times, once at the Crocker and once at UCD where he taught, and I went to school.

nice guy. RIP

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

Up close they are gorgeous...there are some at SFO under glass but you can get very close. Love them...

Flat Tire म्हणाले...

The way he painted shadows made them the best part.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

“ The way he painted shadows made them the best part.”

Yes, that’s what caused me to search the article for “blue” and find the quote I excerpted for the post — rimmed in blue halos.

Kai Akker म्हणाले...

Voila Monsieur Thiebaud.

Anyone's memory jog a step or two?

The name spelled slightly differently, but the first sentence in our French junior-high study. On records the size of 45 rpm but I believe they played at 33 rpm. We carefully took possession of a waxy box of these records in September, signing some kind of receipt, and, at the end of the year, fairly carefully returned them, perfectly intact and untouched in many cases, I'm sure.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

A Mormon who had his first solo art show at age 40 and taught for many years at University of California, Davis, an agricultural college with a surprisingly strong art school.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

Wayne Thiebaud saw the streets of San Francisco like no one else

Rosalyn C. म्हणाले...

Mr. Thiebaud became famous for his pop art pies, etc., but imo his landscapes are his most fascinating and best works. Thiebaud landscapes

I had the pleasure of attending a Thiebaud lecture at UCD -- he was incredibly generous and charming. His biggest tip to the art students from his own practice was to keep a journal of all the art shows they visited and to write down their impressions, which would help to develop a strong memory. I bet we will hear about all his journals some time soon, and I guess they will be donated to UCD. They will be a treasure for art historians.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Notable works:

1962 Bakery Counter
1962 Confections
1962 Candy Machine
1963 Display Cakes
1963 Cakes
1963 Girl with Ice Cream Cone
1964 Three Strawberry Shakes

Glad he lived such a long and illustrative life.