Though wonderfully varied in their artistic approach, Ed Ruscha, Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud very much embody the West Coast contemporary art scene that emerged in the decades following the Second World War. Despite – or perhaps because of – a fairly undeveloped art-world infrastructure, initially lacking in significant collectors and institutions, creativity abounded in the California art scene. The result is the Pop sensibilities of Ed Ruscha and Wayne Thiebaud living side-by-side with the abstraction of Richard Deibenkorn.
