1920 / Né le 15 November àMesa, Arizona
1942 - 1945 / Service dans l'armée Américaine
1951 / Première exposition personelle. " Influences on a Young Painter ," , E.B
Crocker art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1956 - 1957 / S'installe à New York et rencontre des artistes tels que Elaine et Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, Philip Pearlstein, Milton Resnick, and Harold Rosenberg
1960 / Devient professeur assistant au département d‘art de l‘ Université de Californie.Il commence ses séries de peinture d’aliments et objets
1962 / Exposition personnelle à New York, Wayne Thiebaud: Recent Paintings , Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1962 / Première exposition personelle au Musée de San Fransisco " An Exhibition of Paintings by Wayne Thiebaud "
1967 / Chosen to represent United States in the Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil
1972 / S'établit àSan Fransisco et commence sa série des paysages urbains de San Fransisco
1976 / Commence des sessions hebdomadaires de dessin avec le groupe des artistes de Bay Area incluant Theophllius Brown, Mark Adams, Gordon Cook et Beth Van Hoesen
1985 / Elu à l' académie des arts et lettres , New York
Une grande rétrospective est organisée par le Musée d'art moderne de SF
2007 / Wayne Thiebaud - 70 Years of Painting, Laguna Art museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 / Wayne Thiebaud, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Works from 1955 - 2003, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. Travelled to: California
State University, Sacramento
2002 / 'Riverscapes', Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California. 2003
Travelled to: Allan Stone, New York; Faggionato Fine Arts, London
2001 / 'The Private Wayne Thiebaud', Phillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2001 / 'Four Decades with the Allan Stone Gallery', Allan Stone, New York
2000 - 2001 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Pastels 1960 – 2000', Campbell- Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California
2000 - 2001 /'A Paintings Retrospective', organised by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
Travelled to: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1999 / 'Simple Delights', Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1997 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', Allan Stone Gallery, New York, New York
1997 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Landscapes', Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Objects of Desire', John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco,California
1994 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Celebrating 33 Years Together', Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1993 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Figure Drawings', Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco
1993 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Cityscapes', Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 / 'Wayne Thiebaud Still- Lifes', Graystone, San Francisco
1990 / 'Thiebaud at Seventy: A Retrospective Selection of Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, and Prints, Including New Work', Hearst Art Gallery,
Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California
1988 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', Allan Stone, New York
1985 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', organised by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to celebrate its 50th anniversary
Travelled to: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Newport Harbor Art Museum, California (1986); Milwaukee Art Museum
(1986); Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio (1986); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri (1986)
1983 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Landscapes and City Views', Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
1981 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings', Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis
1981 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Recent Paintings', Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1980 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings, Pastels, and Prints', John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1980 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings and Drawings', Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco
1980 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', Art Gallery, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
1980 / 'Thiebaud', Allan Stone Gallery New York
1980 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
1979 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: San Francisco Paintings', Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1978 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Recent Work', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1976 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', Sallan Stone Gallery, New York
1976 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Survey 1947- 1976', Phoenix Art Museum. Travelled to: The Oakland Museum (1977); University of Southern California Art Galleries, Los Angeles (1977)
Des Moines Art Center (1977);Neuberger Art Museum, State University of New York, Purchase (1977); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (1977)
1975 / 'Wayne Thiebaud', Edwin. A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
1975 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Prints, Drawings, Paintings', Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Travelled to: The Denver Art Museum
1974 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings, Drawings and Prints', Church Fine Arts Gallery (now Sheppard Gallery), University of Nevada, Reno
1963 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Recent Paintings', Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1962 / 'Wayne Thiebaud: Recent Paintings', Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1954 / 'Paintings: Wayne Thiebaud', Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, California
1951 / 'Influences on a Young Painter', E.B. Crocker Art Gallery (now Crocker Art Museum), Sacramento, California