Wayne Thiebaud, known for his colorful depictions of everyday life, dies at 101

For those in the Bay Area, the SFMOMA has a good number of Thiebaud paintings and sketches on permanent (I think?) display including a number of his figures and landscapes (not just his more well known “pop” subjects and still lifes). And, unless it has changed during Covid, you can visit Crown Point Press in SF where Thiebaud worked a number of times over the years (as recently as 2019!). They have a lovely gallery and shop, and may even let you wander through the working areas.

Edit: And I’m reasonably sure his gumball machines painting is in the lobby of the de Young museum, where you can see it without purchasing a ticket (though you should as the de Young is awesome).

The article doesn’t really give a good sense of Thiebaud's oeuvre with the two pieces they feature, but this is a better sampling: https://mymodernmet.com/wayne-thiebaud-paintings/

Joan Didion a couple days ago and Wayne Thiebaud now. Very sad. As a Sacramentan it's especially sad to see our two most famous lights on Earth get snuffed so close to one-another.

Here's a great interview with him:

https://youtu.be/LTZJfenUpsA

I had only just recently heard of Thiebaud on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29430288