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The Artist Project

The Artist Project: Wayne Thiebaud

Artist Wayne Thiebaud reflects on Rosa Bonheur's The Horse Fair in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"You really can identify and walk up to those horses because the space is so valid."

Artist Wayne Thiebaud reflects on Rosa Bonheur's "The Horse Fair" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Wayne Thiebaud, born in 1920, is an American painter widely known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects.

Wayne Thiebaud (American, born Mesa, Arizona, 1920)

Pie Counter, 1963

Oil on canvas; 29 13/16 × 35 15/16 in. (75.7 × 91.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund (64.11) Art © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur French, Oil on canvas
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur
1852–55