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Wayne Thiebaud was born  November 15, 1920 in Mesa, Arizona, United States.

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Wayne Thiebaud starts his work in 1938, he works as a sign painter, illustrator, and a cartoonist. He ended this type of work in 1950 where he got his first solo exhibition.

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Wayne Thiebaud earns a degree from Sacramento State  college during the year of 1941.

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Wayne Thiebaud served three years in the army, from 1942-1945, where his skills ended up keeping him home throughout the war effort.

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during 1951, Wayne got to do his first exhibition.

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Wayne Thiebaud lived in new york for a year, from 1956-1957 and got divorced on 1958.

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He was elected to the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, this was in the year 1958

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Wayne Thiebaud received the national medal of arts, this was during the year of 1994.

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Sadly Wayne Thiebaud passed away on December 25 2021 at the age of 101.

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Wayne Thiebaud was an inspiration to many, his life was filled with hard work and dedication to the arts. He is rightfully a decorated part of the art community, and his paintings and ideas will be in our memory for quite some time. His life of a hundred and one years, was long and filled to the brim with events that transpired and affected not only him, but his paintings and the people around him.