Wayne Thiebaud

Art Comes from Art

Timothy Anglin Burgard, Rachel Teagle, Eve Aschheim , Lauren Palmor

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University of California Press
19 June 2025

Explores Wayne Thiebaud's career as a self-described ""thief"" who appropriated and reinterpreted old and new European and American artworks.

Although artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021) earned acclaim for his poetic renderings of the prosaic particulars of American life, he openly admitted that ""it's hard for me to think of artists who weren't influential on me, because I'm such a blatant thief."" Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art features the artist's virtuosic appropriations and reinterpretations of old and new European and American artworks, spanning from Andrea Mantegna to Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse to Richard Diebenkorn, offering crucial insights into his creative process.

Thiebaud's exploration of art, artists, and art history—along with the practices of copying, appropriation, and reinterpretation—allowed him not only to see through the eyes of other artists but also to commune with them through their work, expanding his own vision. This career-long engagement with the concept of appropriation illustrates his perception of art history as an encyclopedic ""bureau of standards""—a rich repository and resource that offers working artists community with their predecessors and communion with their artworks.

Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Exhibition dates:

Legion of Honor: March 22–August 17, 2025

Contributions by: Rachel Teagle, Eve Aschheim, Lauren Palmor
Edited by: Timothy Anglin Burgard
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 2.177kg
ISBN: 9780520418325
ISBN 10: 0520418328
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 19 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Foreword Ralph J. Hexter Acknowledgments Rachel Teagle Presence from Absence: Wayne Thiebaud and the Future of Painting Rachel Teagle Wayne Thiebaud’s Early Landscapes: Picturing Gravity Margaretta Lovell Exaggerations of the Real: Wayne Thiebaud and Joseph Heller Alexander Nemerov Plates with entries by Francesca Wilmott Artist’s Statement Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated Chronology Arielle Hardy Selected Bibliography Manetti Shrem Museum Advisory and Honorary Boards Lenders to the Exhibition Index

Timothy Anglin Burgard is Distinguished Senior Curator in Charge of American Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.