It is National Ice Cream Day! This is definitely the Sunday to enjoy a sundae—especially these treats, actually banana splits, by Wayne Thiebaud.
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!
It is National Ice Cream Day! This is definitely the Sunday to enjoy a sundae—especially these treats, actually banana splits, by Wayne Thiebaud.
Born in Mesa, Arizona, Wayne Thiebaud became one of the most well-known Pop artists in America. His iconic images of food may have stemmed from his beginnings as a freelance cartoonist in 1939.
Learn more about Thiebaud and see another of his prints in our online exhibition, Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America.
Pictured: Wayne Thiebaud, born 1920, Banana Splits, from the book Delights, 1964/published 1965, etching on paper, 4 x 4 7/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Frank Lobdell, San Francisco.