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Medium: Gesso
Painting of New York City Street after Rain with Figures, Cars by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of a Contemporary New York City Scene after the Rain, with Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work to continue h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Oil on Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Figurative Oil Painting on Wood
Painted in the manner of late Romanticism, this charming miniature pastoral landscape by Edmund Fri...
Category
1870s Romantic Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
Abstract Landscape Seascape Art with Pink Blue & White Sky by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Landscape Seascape Art with Pink Blue & White Sky by British Painter, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 18 x 14 inches
Frame measures 24 x 20 inches
Angela Wakefield has tw...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Susannah (Without the Elders) /// Old Masters British Nude Bath Biblical Story
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Frederick Goodall (English, 1822-1904)
Title: "Susannah (Without the Elders)"
*Monogram signed and dated by Goodall lower left
Year: 1885
Med...
Category
1880s Victorian Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Gesso
Triptych Abstract Forest Trees Landscape Painting by British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Early Triptych Abstract Trees Forest Landscape Painting by British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. This rare early work is from an intense body of abstract work that formed the very ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood, Board, Wood Panel
Original-Sunset Meditation-Abstract Expression-UK Awarded Artist-Cat-red sky
Located in London, GB
In a moment of serene tranquility, bathed in the eternal glow of the winter sunset beneath the characteristic red hues of the Scottish sky, Shizico Yi's painting captures a poignant ...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Bee Maraschino light bright abstract insect pattern
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel with a gesso underpainting.
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel
Impasto Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting with Pink Red Black & Golden Yellow
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting with Pink Red Black & Golden Yellow by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 12 x 8 inches
Frame measures 17 x 13...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Original-Breakfast with Cat Series-British Award Artist-Ink, oil on paper-UK art
Located in London, GB
This painting encapsulates the enchanting moments experienced during a series of breakfasts at Shizico Yi's Scotland home. Created plein air and in situ, scenes unfold over consecuti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Ink, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Gesso, Oil, Acrylic
X-Large#1 Limited-Gladiolus Glorious-Hand Painted finishing-Award British Artist
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare X-large Limited Edition, 80% of the Edition is hand painted and highlighted with original brushstrokes by artist Shizico Yi herself; a very rare and collectable L...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Original Diptych-Spring Duet III-British Awarded Artist-abstract landscape-oil
Located in London, GB
Shizico Yi's Spring Duet is a project that explores the format of a diptych through a series of paintings. Artist Shizico Yi painted en plein air, capturing the landscape outside of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Gesso
Blood Warm Light ...Morning, Original painting, Abstract, Landscape
By Jo Jenkins
Located in Deddington, GB
Blood Red Light… Morning. Oil and gesso on board. Painting Size : H 28 cm x W 31 cm Size when framed: H 38cm x W 41cm. Framed with white wooden floating frame.
Additional Informati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
Controlling Chaos 30 X 30
By José Castro
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Controlling Chaos. 2023
30 X 30
Acrylic, gesso, plaster of Paris and ink on cradled birchwood.
Jose Castro was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1947. In 1961, when he was 14, he was sent to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Plaster, Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
ABSTRACT Landscape Artwork Acrylic and gold color Untitled by Pau Escat 2023
By Pau Escat
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Pau Escat is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Barcelona. His work investigates color and light in contact with materials, specifically the visual effect that this generates. His interest in observing these processes comes from two fields that have always been in his life: nature and jewelry. At first, one would say that they belong to opposing fields -the natural and the intervened, the wild and the domesticated, the living and the stony- but for the artist, they constitute the basis of the same way of looking and creating.
Nature, especially landscapes and atmospheres, allows him to express both the physical space, where effects such as color and light occur, and the intimate space, where color and light are associated with emotions. In this sense, the artist is interested in the pictorial tradition that, from a particular appreciation of landscape and nature, is a precursor of abstraction. In particular, his work focuses on the Dutch landscape painters of the seventeenth century, from whom he takes the bipartite composition of the painting and the characteristic vibration of the stormy skies. The impressionists have also been essential in his way of looking at nature, for their pictorial work of atmospheres that already brings them close to abstraction. In the artworks of the artist, a certain state of stillness, contemplation, and silence in front of natural phenomena is essential. His proposal is precisely interested in these moments dedicated to seeing for the pleasure of seeing, without haste or objective to fulfill. Thus, her paintings retain this atmospheric weightlessness, the result of contemplation, which gives a livid character to the set of elements.
Jewelry, on the other hand, represents for him the creative moment par excellence. After contemplation comes the action, which already reflects the artist's experience on the canvas. Pau Escat belongs to a family that has been dedicated to jewelry for more than a century. He was trained and worked in this profession, designing pieces that introduced him to the craftsmanship of materials, textures, and light. In addition, the art of creating jewelry provided him with a knowledge of symbolism that he recognizes as central to his artistic conception. His work gathers the experience of nature and works it to give it form and channel emotion, just as in jewelry the material becomes something more thanks to the jeweler. Like the symbol, the artwork transmits and communicates an idea, but admits a game between the subjective and the universal meanings. For the artist, this work with visual concepts is the basis of artistic creation. Always, of course, looking for the mystery rather than the explicit, through the abstract language that partially veils the symbol. For this reason, his works do not have a specific title either, building a diaphanous space for the viewer to interpret from his reception.
Both nature and jewelry also show how objects live, and how they change over time. Just as organic materials transform themselves, so do inorganic ones. The artist has always been fascinated by the effect that time has on canvases, painting surfaces, and colors. The golds that predominate in his work acquire different aspects according to the time of day and modify their tonalities depending on the light that bathes them. In the same way, the works and their materials, as happens with the jewels, vary, without any possible foresight, over time: spatial and temporal randomness, as well as meticulous artistic work.
EXHIBITIONS
2017
Naturcanisme, Oblyon Art Space. Barcelona, Spain
2019
Bachs Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
H10 Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Gallery 104, New York, USA
2020
Círculo Ecuestre, Barcelona, Spain
Exposición colectiva Galería Jorge Alcolea, Barcelona, Spain.
RA, Bachs Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Oxímoron Arthub Mahón, Menorca, Spain
Gallery 104, New York, USA
2021
Metamorfosis, Arte Contemporáneo, Formentera, Spain.
Hotel Majestic, Barcelona, Spain
"Oxímoron" Arthub Mahón Menorca, Spain
Tilisitt Gallery, Oporto, Portugal
2022
Tilisitt Gallery, Oporto, Portugal
Something About Us, Casa Estudio Granados...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation"
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Birds on repurposed galvanized steel.
Predominately monochromatic repeated, patterned, abstracted bird images
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Metal
Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting with Pink & Blue Sky by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting with Pink & Blue Sky by Leading British Painter, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 18 x 12 inches
Frame measures 22 x 16 inches
Angela Wakefield ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Having a cigarette amongst Green and Blue, hand painted Edition #6 large Canvas
Located in London, GB
Hand painted finishing Limited Edition ( #6 of 20 ) Museum archival quality on Canvas Edition . Hand painted finishing by the artist Shizico Yi, with original brushstroke and oil pai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Oil
Sunset at Loch in the Mountains of the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Sunset at Loch in the Mountains of the Scottish Highlands by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. A colourful and dramatic original on canvas, framed in the highest quality...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Abstract Garden" No1, Absrtact Mixed Media Painting, 2017
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting with Pink & Blue Sky by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting with Pink & Blue Sky by Leading British Painter, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 12 x 10 inches
Frame measures 17 x 15 inches
Angela Wakefield ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Original-Magnolias-Memory Landscape-UK Awarded Artist-oil on canvas board-Spring
Located in London, GB
Spring-Memory Landscape features Magnolias, among the first flowers to grace the Spring Equinox after the long, cold winter, symbolising regeneration and vitality. These early Magnol...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Sungazing
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Rain Dots 2, contemporary urban landscape
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Drops of rain reflect bright lights and dot the stormy
sky of a rainy day. The windshield highlights the contrast of an intimate
experience within to the effect of the elements outsi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
Many Walks on the Same Path 7
Located in New Orleans, LA
Davidoff is influenced by her close connection to nature and by what she calls, “the spirit of investigation and observation of the natural world.” Her work explores themes of struct...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Sand Rivers Run Fast
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
SQUEAK VAN BRITTO
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint on gesso board. Hand signed and numbered. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 30. All reasonable offers will be conside...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Screen, Board
Silk
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting mostly monochrome black and white with subtle earthy brown accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a silent poem....
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Meet Me Halfway
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting mostly black and white with subtle earthy orange accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour. Organ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Blush
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with subtle pastel palette of light pinks, peach and grey and earthy brown colours, complex textures and black and white ink accents. The gestural...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Preparatory anatomical study for the figure of a man with hands on his face.
Located in Firenze, IT
Preparatory anatomical study for the figure of a man with hands on his face.
Drawing of a medium-sized male nude.
From the 19th century
Drawing on slightly greyish colored paper.
In ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Weaving Tides
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
End Of Summer Winds Make People Restless
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Sunrise Whispers
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with sky blue and earthy brown colours, complex textures and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an e...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Where Mountains Meet
Located in London, GB
A small abstract painting mostly monochrome black and white with subtle earthy yellow accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a silent poem. Organic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Dark Chocolate
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting mostly monochrome black and white with subtle earthy brown accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a silent poem....
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Borderlines
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with deep blue and silver accents, that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour.
The Painting is part of the Dreams And Wishes collec...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Natural Wonders #21
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of a landscape.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Pigment, Polymer
Amalfi Coast
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with sky blue and earthy brown colours, complex textures and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an e...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
As We Dance By The Moonlight
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With a lively, bright palette of pink and orange, the artist interweaves vibrant acrylics and inks to capture an evocative...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Through The Fields
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
A Road Less Travelled
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting mostly monochrome black and white with subtle sunrise colour accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a silent poe...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Flight Over The Noise
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with sky blue and earthy brown colours, complex textures and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an e...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Chasing Kite Tales
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with deep blue and silver accents, gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour.
The Painting is part of the Dre...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Where The Honey Flows
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and silver and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poe...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
We Live Everyday Like
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With nods to urbanism, graffiti, and youth subculture the artwork adds a powerful emotional layer to any space it inhabits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
"My Foolish Heart" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a warm palette, layering circular shapes in red and orange tones over top of one another to create an abstract composition with depth. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
I Get My Light Right From The Source
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With a lively, bright palette of red and sky blue, the artist interweaves vibrant acrylics and inks to capture an evocativ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Biccherna Style Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt and Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Sienese Biccherna Style
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ).
Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna style is by Icilio Federico Joni.
The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation.
The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is now in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena:
The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini.
The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes.
Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
"L'Orage" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a warm neutral palette, layering imperfect white and sandy beige circular and linear shapes over top of one another to create an abstra...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Biccherna Style Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt and Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Sienese Biccherna Style
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ).
Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna style is by Icilio Federico Joni.
The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation.
The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is now in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena:
The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini.
The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes.
Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
"Abstract Garden" No8 Absrtact Mixed Media Painting, 2017
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
Desert Canto #6
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of a landscape.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Varnish, Ink, Tar, Pigment
Snoopies in the Sea small painting on canvas.
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
Snoopies in the sea painting from my ongoing snoopies series. A very democratic idea as when I was a kid everybody was drawing snoopy. Anyone can draw snoopy!
1000 reasons why I draw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
"Say it (Over & Over Again)" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design.
In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gesso, Graphite
Scottish Highlands with Children Playing in the Mountains by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
The Scottish Highlands - A colourful and dramatic original acrylic on canvas depicting children walking in the Mountains of Scotland. Entitled "The Road to Glencoe" by British Contem...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Golden Flora Tree - Original Lightweight Metal Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of contemporary art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Metal, Wire
Originals Oil-Magic Bell in Golden Sunlit-UK Awarded Artist-Botanical Abstract
Located in London, GB
Memory Landscape- Magic Bells is her latest series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases.
In this outstanding painting, Shizico applied layers of mat...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
Gold Leaf
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem with oklad by Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem.
Egg tempera on gesso and over a wooden board.
Dimensions in centimeters: 42 x 34 x 2 cm / In inches: 16.54 x 13-39 x 0-79 "
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Art by Medium: Gesso
Materials
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Gesso art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Gesso art available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add art created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Angela Wakefield, Len Klikunas, Pete Kasprzak, and Arozarena De La Fuente. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Gesso art, so small editions measuring 0.01 inches across are also available