Art dealer Paul Thiebaud dies at 49

SACRAMENTO - Paul Thiebaud, a prominent art dealer who owned galleries in San Francisco and New York, has died. He was 49.

Staff at his San Francisco gallery said he died Saturday in Sacramento of colon cancer.

The son of acclaimed Sacramento artist Wayne Thiebaud, Paul started his career at Christie's auction house in Manhattan. He partnered with San Francisco dealer Charles Campbell in 1990 at a gallery featuring the work of Bay Area artists before opening his own gallery in San Francisco in 2001. He later opened a second gallery in Manhattan and a by-appointment gallery in Sacramento. - AP