Featured contemporary artists
View some of the work by artists influenced by Wayne Thiebaud
Jason Stopa,
Red Cup, Ice
Vonn Sumner, Shopping
Grace Munakata,
Sitka Colonnade
Ann Harrold Taylor, Safety Rope
Jason Stopa, Red Cup, Ice, 2014. Oil and enamel on canvas, 36 x 36 in. (91.44 x 91.44 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Monica King Contemporary. © Jason Stopa.
Jason Stopa
American
"I've always thought Thiebaud's paintings are about the skin of paint, and even our own mortality, as much as they are about sugar-sweet cakes."
Vonn Sumner, Shopping, 2020. Oil on canvas, 14 x 12 in. (35.56 x 30.48 cm). Courtesy of the artist. © Vonn Sumner.
Vonn Cummings Sumner
Seventh-Generation Californian
’98, M.F.A. ’00
"Thiebaud regularly repeats the idea that painting seems to be at its best when there are groups or communities of like-minded people who are rigorously involved with painting and with exchanging ideas and energy."
Grace Munakata, Sitka Colonnade, 2020. Acrylic and wax pastel, 48 x 41 1/2 in. (121.92 x 105.41 cm). Courtesy of the artist. © Grace Munakata.
Grace Munakata
Japanese American
’80, M.F.A. ’89
“Wayne Thiebaud influenced the way I observe and use color.”
Ann Harrold Taylor
Ann Harrold Taylor, Safety Rope, 2020. Oil on canvas, 70 x 70 in. (177.8 x 177.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist. © Ann Harrold Taylor.
American
M.F.A. ‘85
“Following the meandering, inexplicable and surprising lead of the muck and mess of oil paint becomes a daily life metaphor."