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In
1949 Thiebaud enrolled at California State University
at San Jose and subsequently transferred to
the university at Sacramento, where he received
a B.A. in 1951 and an M.A. in 1952. From 1950
to 1956, he worked on commissions for the California
State Fair and Exposition, serving as a design
and art consultant.
Thiebaud taught studio art and art history at
Sacramento City College from 1951 to 1959, becoming
chairman of the department in 1954. From 1959
to 1972, he taught at the University of California
at Davis. In 1968 he represented the United
States in the Sao Paulo Biennal in Brazil. In
1981 the College Art Association named Thiebaud
the most distinguished studio teacher of the
year. He was elected to the American Academy
of Arts and Letters in 1985.
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