3 interesting facts about wayne thiebaud

Lot Property from the Collection of Marguerite Cullman. Wayne Thiebaud b. Painted in Brought to you by. Emily Kaplan. His ability to contemplate—then replicate—light, color, space and form is unmatched in late twentieth century painting, and his rows of painted cakes, confectionary, pinball machines and ice cream cones have become an important part of the postwar American artistic canon.

Living and working in California, Thiebaud eschewed the dramatic gestural abstractions of the New York School, instead developing his own unique style.

Three cones wayne thiebaud

The more you look at it, the more the edges, the inside and the minute particles quiver. It is almost as if it is loaded and you recognize a kind of stillness which tends to vibrate. Thiebaud, quoted in J. Coplans, Wayne Thiebaud, exh. In this archetypal painting, a trio of delicious ice cream cones sit in a row, waiting to be consumed.

Wayne thiebaud ice cream cone

The three cones are piled high with scoops of thick, slightly melting ice cream; their flavors—strawberry, chocolate and vanilla—representing the classic Neopolitan trifecta. As central as the actual ice creams are to the composition, Thiebaud contrasts the richness and roundness of the scoops with the sparse geometry of the setting. The strict lines of the shelf upon which the ice creams sit are in stark contrast to the amorphous shadows that the cones cast.