Wonders of the World: Legion of Honor Art Docent Talk

Bay Area artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021) became famous for his colorful paintings of cakes and buffets. He described himself as an art “thief” who openly appropriated and reinterpreted old and new European and American artworks. An influential teacher at Sacramento JC and UC Davis, Thiebaud felt art history was a continuum that connects artists of the past, present and future, and that “art comes from art and nothing else.”