‘Five Hot Dogs’ 1961

Wayne Theibaud

Wayne Theibaud (1920-2021) is regarded as one of America’s most beloved artists. Notable for his use of bright colours and images of everyday pop culture objects, he began doing ‘pop art’ before it became a movement.

In his youth, he apprenticed for Walt Disney before serving in the US Air Force during WWII. Post-war, he continued working as a commercial artist designing film posters, cartoons and advertisements. He enjoyed a long and distinguished career teaching art in California, where he remained for the rest of his life. The 1960s saw the creation of the works he is most well known for, drawing upon the nostalgia of his youth. He lived to the grand age of 101.