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Medium: Tempera
18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus"
Located in Portland, OR
An important 18th century Italian Old Master tempera on copper panel Baroque painting, "The Road to Emmaus", circa 1700.
The painting represents the early resurrection biblical story...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Copper
Quattro Virtù Cardinali tempera su tela, arte manierista toscana del XVI secolo
By Cristofano Rustici
Located in Florence, IT
Cristofano Rustici called il Rusticone was an artist active in Siena between the 16th and 17th century, son of Lorenzo Brazzi called il Rustico (Siena 1521-1572). Even if his artistic training started in the family workshop, he was mostly very influenced by the Flemish artist Bernhard van Rantwijk, who was also living in the Tuscan town at the same time.
The subject of the four paintings are the Cardinal Virtues...
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16th Century Mannerist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
ENTANGLED- original large blue love couple by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Entangled", large scale drawing pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Couple in love, part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florid...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
nude painting woman watercolour
Located in Roma, GB
erotic portrait nu
naked woman
after the bath
Original tempera watercolor on paper
51x41cm
hand signed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
BLUE SUN original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Blue Sun” Tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper
Shipped rolled in a tube 25x3x3in. Drawing was originally in mat, that covered the right corner!! The lines are the result of the pre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
B, Modern Abstract Tempera Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: B
Year: 1984
Medium: Tempera on Paper, sig...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
watercolour nude white gloves
Located in Roma, GB
watercolour portrait of woman
naked lady
white cloves
nu
erotic art
unique piece
one-of-a-kind
watercolour tempera on paper
hand signed
51x41cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus"
Located in Portland, OR
An important 18th century Italian Old Master tempera on copper panel Baroque painting, "The Road to Emmaus", circa 1700.
The painting represents the early resurrection biblical story...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Copper
First Light, A Misty Morning Sunrise Scene in Maine with a Mountain View
By Alan Bray
Located in New York, NY
In First Light (2024), Alan Bray captures the quiet majesty of dawn over Spencer Pond, Maine. This luminous casein tempera on panel painting (15 x 24 inches) depicts a breathtaking s...
Category
2010s American Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Casein, Panel
At the Beach - Tempera and Watercolor by Aldo Riso - 1970s
By Aldo Riso
Located in Roma, IT
At the beach is an artwork realized by Aldo Riso.
Mixed colored tempera and watercolor painting.
Titled on lower left.
Frame included: 70.5 x 91.5 cm
This beautiful mixed media...
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1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
"Little Iris Icon" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "White Orchid" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features a blooming branch of white orchids, resting over a deep red backgro...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Located in Zofingen, AG
Evgeniy loves to listen to the great Jim McCann during the painting sessions and one of the Irish folk songs performed by him, very suitable in terms of lyrics and mood, gave the tit...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Rabbit Hunters
By Roger Medearis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rabbit Hunters, egg tempera on Masonite, 12 x 9 inches, 1947, signed and dated lower left, signed, titled and dated verso “Rabbit Hunters Egg Tempera Roger Medearis 1947,” exhibited at Medearis' solo show at Kende Galleries, New York, in 1949 (Medearis’ record book, a copy of which is held by Vose Galleries in Boston, MA, indicates this is painting “No. 23” and that is was completed in 1947 and sold via Kende Galleries (at Gimbel Brothers...
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1940s American Modern Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Board
VENUS RESTAUREE original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Man Ray
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Venus Restauree”, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper.
Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed.
Artist Statement
"I started...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding. In Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt & Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding In The Sienese Biccherna Aesthetic.
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 aesthetic 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 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...
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Late 19th Century Renaissance Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Florentine Neoclassical Allegory Landscape Painting from a Villa tempera canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The work, tempera on canvas in a great state of conservation, is part of a series of four big paintings of various authors documented in origin in the Villa La Zambra in Sesto Fioren...
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1780s Other Art Style Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Portrait of an Italian Noblewoman
Located in London, GB
15th century, Italian
Circle of Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1429-1498)
Portrait of an Italian Noblewoman
Oil and tempura on poplar panel
With partial inscription: ALZETAPIN
Provenance:...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
SLICED VENUS - original large art by Paula Craioveanu 30x27in Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Sliced Venus. Original art, signed 100x70cm / 30x27in, ink, graphite, tempera on paper. large size, shipped rolled in a tube
Drawing has on the back 2 white wood sticks, and it's rea...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Ink, Archival Paper
Antique Wooden Crucified Wood Tempera Giotto
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Christ Crucified (Christus Patiens) with God the Father, the Virgin and St. John
In the manner of 14th century Tuscan painting
Tempera on panel
Height: 150 cm
Width: 99 cm
Perform...
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15th Century and Earlier Medieval Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera
Costume - Original Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos.
Very good conditions.
Signed by artist's stamp....
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Tempera
MODERN EVE - nude by Paula Craioveanu - original art ultramarine blue
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Part of my Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper.
Shipped rolled in a tube. Shipping anywhere in the world. Registered airmail.
This piece, Modern Eve, is a striking and expressive work that beautifully captures the essence of Matisse’s influence while maintaining its own contemporary voice. The use of ultramarine tempera on paper creates a dynamic interplay between form and negative space, with the vivid blue standing out against the warm, neutral background.
The loose, fluid brushstrokes give the figure an organic, almost spontaneous energy, reminiscent of Matisse’s Blue Nudes series. The dripping paint and gestural lines evoke a sense of movement, reinforcing the sensuality of the pose.
The arching posture of the figure conveys ecstasy or release, with an elongated, exaggerated form that enhances emotional intensity. The simplification of anatomy aligns with Fauvist principles—prioritizing emotional impact over precise realism.
The choice of ultramarine is bold and effective. It has historical significance in art, often associated with spirituality and depth (as seen in Yves Klein’s monochromes), yet here it is used in a raw, expressive manner that makes the figure feel both powerful and ethereal.
The use of tempera adds a unique opacity and depth to the strokes. It gives the painting a sense of immediacy, as if the artist captured the moment in a burst of inspiration. The visible brushwork and drips make the process part of the final aesthetic, reinforcing a connection between artist and viewer.
The clear homage to Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude series is well-executed but doesn’t feel derivative—it builds upon his legacy while pushing it forward. The sensual yet modern representation of the female body echoes the freedom of early 20th-century modernists but with a contemporary edge. The piece also recalls the expressive, raw energy of Egon Schiele’s linework, albeit with a more fluid and painterly approach.
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Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it.
I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting.
My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration.
My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in color and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings."
Paula Craioveanu
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water in Oil and Tempera on Paper
Wonderful Bay Area abstract composition by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Oil, Tempera
NIGHT BLUES - Female Nude original unique art by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Night Blues" Female Nude, seen from the back, and a second view in the mirror. from another perspective. Part of "Nude in Interior" series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Carbon Pencil, Rag Paper
Peace in the Glimmer
Located in Chicago, IL
Born in Hollywood and raised in the urban sprawls of Los Angeles, Julio’s artistic aesthetic was shaped early on by the platinum light and expansive concrete horizons of southern Cal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Vogue - Original Ink and Tempera by Fortunato Depero - 1929 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed lower left: “Depero”.
Certificate of authenticity by the Archive of Fortunato Depero.
In 1929, Fortunato Depero realized some proposals for internal illustrations of t...
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1920s Futurist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera
Late 16th-Century Catalan School, Saint Magí & Saint Mauro
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This remarkable late 16th-century fragment depicts Saint Magí, the patron saint of Tarragona, and Saint Mauro, a Benedictine monk. Produced in around 1580, on the cusp of the Anglo-S...
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16th Century Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Metal
Late 16th-Century Catalan School, Saint Madrona Of Thessalonica
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This remarkable late 16th-century fragment depicts Saint Madrona, the Patron Saint of Barcelona, Spain, holding a 15th-century carrack and the martyr’s palm frond. She stands before ...
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16th Century Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Metal
CENTAUR - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - New Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Sea Centaur"
Original art, signed
100x70cm / 30x27in
ink, graphite, tempera on paper
large size, shipped rolled in a tube directly from the artist's studio
Antiquity is an endless ...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Ink
Delfina y Dimas by Diego Rivera
By Diego Rivera
Located in New Orleans, LA
Diego Rivera
1886-1957 Mexican
Delfina y Dimas
Signed and dated 1935
Tempera on masonite
In the intimate masterwork Delfina y Dimas, the great Diego Rivera illustrates all of his...
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20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Masonite, Tempera
SILENCE - original large blue female nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Silence", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube.
Size 39x27.5in /100x70cm
Free shi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
ANTIQUE FRENCH PAINTING WITH MONUMENTAL GARDEN VASE, BY JEAN LE PAUTRE
Located in Milan, IT
Painting on board depicting a monumental garden vase
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17th Century Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Wood, Tempera
Ceiling boards with depictions of Fantastic Animals
Located in Milano, IT
This rare and fascinating series of 10 ceiling tablets, painted in tempera on poplar wood, represents a remarkable example of 15th-century Lombard decorative art.
Originating from a ...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian School Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Wood Panel
Last Day of Winter
Located in Dallas, TX
Miles Cleveland Goodwin says, "I don’t like to do things I don’t know." Not unlike the spirit of Southern literature and Delta blues music, there is an autobiographical nature to his...
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2010s Romantic Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Jamini Roy "Mother and Child" Original Painting
By Jamini Roy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jamini Roy: 1887-1972. Extremely well listed and important Indian artist. He has auction prices over $573,000 which was just last month. His works are c...
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Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
China Cup w/Pitcher Egg Tempera Realism Strawberries Marbles Framed 10.5X9.75"
Located in Houston, TX
China Cup with Pitcher Egg Tempera Realism Strawberries Marbles Framed by realist painter Mark Thompson is 10.5" x 9.75"
Notice the figure of the art...
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2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
"Dahlia Icon" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Dahlia Icon" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf with coral cabochons. Created in 2022, this piece features a freshly bloomed stem of an orange Dahlia flow...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
APOLLO - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Apollo" Original art, one-of-a-kind, signed. 100x70cm / 30x27in, ink, graphite, tempera on paper, large size, shipped rolled in a tube. This particular artwork is ready for hanging,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Pencil
Painter's Palette
Located in Dallas, TX
After a tour of duty in the US Navy, Miles Cleveland Goodwin earned a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in 2007, and eventually returned to coastal Missi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Oil, Panel
A Letter Home
Located in Chicago, IL
Born in Hollywood and raised in the urban sprawls of Los Angeles, Julio’s artistic aesthetic was shaped early on by the platinum light and expansive concrete horizons of southern Cal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Allegro vivace
Located in Roma, GB
one-of-a-kind
watercolour on paper hand signed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
ENIGMA original art ink on colored paper Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Enigma", original ink and pencil on sepia paper. Part of Neo Mythology series. Shipped rolled in a tube.. Free shipping with 1stDibs code for items over $500.
Like the immortal myth...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Paper
Nature Walk, Mid-Century Magic Surrealism, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Hazel Janicki (American, 1918-1976)
Nature Walk, 1960
Tempera on masonite
Signed lower left, dated and titled verso
18 x 28.5 inches
23.5 x 34 inches, framed
Hazel Middleton was bor...
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1960s Surrealist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
"White Orchid" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "White Orchid" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features a blooming branch of white orchids, resting over a deep red backgro...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ceiling boards with depictions of Fantastic Animals
Located in Milano, IT
This rare and fascinating series of 10 ceiling tablets, painted in tempera on poplar wood, represents a remarkable example of 15th-century Lombard decorative art.
Originating from a ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian School Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Wood Panel
Flock of Seagulls - British 60's Surrealist art oil painting birds in flight
Located in London, GB
A superb, detailed and meticulous egg tempera oil on panel from around 1960 by Stuart Maxwell Armfield. The painting depicts a flock of seagulls in a bold, strong and surreal colouri...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera
La Questione di Fiume
By Mario Sironi
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper. Image dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm
Certificate of authenticity provided by the Galleria Russo.
Provenance: Galleria F. Russo, Rome.
Mario Sironi was an Italian paint...
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1920s Modern Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
Pair of Italian 18th Century Tempera on Canvas Classical Paintings "Capriccio"
By Pietro Paltronieri
Located in Rome, IT
A fine pair of huge Italian 18' century Capriccio with Classical ruins, tempera oil on canvas .
Atr.Pietro Paltronieri, il Mirandolese (Mirandola 1673-1741 Bologna).
Measurements ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
BLESSED original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blessed" Part of "Nude in Interior" series.
Original work on colored paper, with pencil and blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera
BLUE SUN original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Blue Sun” Tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper
Shipped rolled in a tube 25x3x3in. Drawing was originally in mat, that covered the right corner!! The lines are the result of the pre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Blue boy
Located in Roma, GB
watercolour on paper
unique artwork
one-of-a-kind
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Industry and Commerce, 1936, tempera on panel, 16 ½ x 39 ½ inches, signed verso “John Ballator, Portland Ore.” provenance includes: J.C. Penney Company, represented by Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc.; presented in a newer wood frame
About the Painting
Industry and Commerce is a prime example of WPA Era muralism. Like a Mediaeval alter, this mural study is filled with icons, but the images of saints and martyrs are replaced with symbols of America's gospel of prosperity through capitalism. Industry and Commerce has a strong narrative quality with vignettes filling the entire surface. Extraction, logistics, design, power generation, and manufacturing for printing, chemicals, automobiles and metal products are all represented. To eliminate any doubt about the mural's themes, Ballator letters a description into the bottom of the study. Ballator also presents an idealized version of industrial cooperation, as his workers, lab-coated technicians and tie-wearing managers work harmoniously toward a common goal in the tidy and neatly designed environments. Although far from the reality of most industrial spaces, Ballator's study reflects the idealized and morale boosting tone that many mural projects adopted during the Great Depression.
About the Artist
John R Ballator achieved success as a muralist, lithographer, and teacher during the Great Depression. Born in Oregon, he studied at the Portland Museum Art School, the University of Oregon and at Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Art. In 1936, Ballator was commissioned to paint a mural panel for the new Department of Justice Building in Washington DC, an important project that spanned five years with several dozen artists contributing a total of sixty-eight designs. Ballator completed murals for the St. Johns Post Office and Franklin High School, both in Portland, Oregon. He also contributed to the 1938 murals at Nathan Hale School in New Haven, Connecticut. During the late 1930s, Ballator taught art for several years at Washburn College in Topeka, Kanas, where he completed a mural for the Menninger Arts & Craft Shop before accepting a professorship at Hollins College...
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1930s American Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
'Surfacing II, ' by Dragana Milovic, Mixed Media Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 48" x 34" mixed media painting, 'Surfacing II,' by Dragana Milovic features an abstracted geometric composition featuring 3d objects adhered to th...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait - Tempera on Board by Virgilio Guidi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Virgilio Guidi in the half of 20th century.
Tempera on board
Good conditions.
Includes frame.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Virgili...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Board
"Jenni's Lily" (2021) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Dahlia Icon" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf with coral cabochons. Created in 2021, this piece features a freshly bloomed stem of a white lily flower, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Seymour Fogel (1911-1984)
Mural Study, untitled
11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight)
Tempera on board
Provenance:...
Category
1930s American Modern Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
ON THE BEACH original art Paula Craioveanu Female Nude FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“On the Beach”, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper, frame included.
Framed size 35.8x24in shipped framed. Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500.
This drawing is a d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
"Angel's Trumpet" By Fred Wessel
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Angel's Trumpet
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
SILENCE - original large blue female nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Silence", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube.
Size 39x27.5in /100x70cm
Free shi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
Persian Illuminated Miniature with Two Figures Hunting in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present illuminated page was once part of a larger manuscript, as evidenced by the tears along the right edge, illustrating a story from the Islamic world. The scene presents two figures in a landscape, one on horseback and another gesturing to a fallen deer. The stylization of the landscape shows influence from the Byzantine tradition of painting, with jagged rocks jutting into a golden sky. The page contains handwritten text on both sides, and is surrounded by gold illustrations of peacocks and a running deer.
11 x 6.5 inches, artwork
18.63 x 14 inches, frame
accompanied on the back with an image of the verso
framed to conservation standards with a 100% rag silk-lined mat in a gold gilded frame
A Persian miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant genre in Persian art in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
Reflections Egg Tempera Realism American Artist 8.5" x 12.5"
Located in Houston, TX
Reflections Egg Tempera Realism Framed 8.5" x 12.5"
Reflections Egg Tempera Realism Framed 8.5" x 12.5" is painted with egg tempera by realist painter Mark Thompson . Eg...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Portrait watercolor Andre
Located in Roma, GB
figurative portrait
abstract brush stroke
unique artwork
hand signed
one-of-a-kind
painted from life
Category
2010s Vienna Secession Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Out of the Water - original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Out of the Water, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio.
See pictures, in mat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
Female figure ca. 1950.
By Mario Sironi
Located in Milan, IT
Tempera on paper applied to canvas. Signed at lower right. On the back is a label from the Cadario Gallery in Milan, where the work was exhibited.
The work has an authentication from...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera
Dreaming - original large blue nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Dreaming”, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Nude shown in a Victorian interior, in a cinematic view. In a distorted per...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
An icon depicting Saint Charalambos
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Greek, 18th century
An icon depicting Saint Charalambos
Painted with a Christogram and crucifix verso
Egg tempera, gilt and gesso on panel, within a gilded frame border
45.4 x 35.5 c...
Category
18th Century Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Egg Tempera
Hercules and Deianira Neo Mythology by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Hercules and Deianira", ink on paper, part of Neo Mythology series. Comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Shipped rolled in a tube.
Legend says Deianira w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Ink, Tempera
The Torrent - blue nude by Paula Craioveanu original art inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
The Torrent
Part of my Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper.
Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood.
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
Early 1900s Byzantine Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mountain Quest / Original impasto painting, impressionism.
Located in Zofingen, AG
This original impasto painting was created on a high-quality canvas (30/40 cm) with a palette knife, using environmentally friendly oil colors with natural pigment and Tempera. Colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Oil, Tempera
Christ Pantocrator after an Russian icon of the 15th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ Pantocrator after a Russian icon of the 15th Century.
Tempera and gold leaf on gesso over a wooden board.
Measurements in centimeters: 38 x 29.5 x 3 cm. / In inches: 14.96 x 11.8 x 1.18 "
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold.
Now does the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger (Vienna, 1968) began to take an interest in icons in 1990. He undertakes several trips to Bulgaria, Greece, and Cyprus to see in situ the original works treasured in these three countries. This experience will be crucial in his life since the studies carried out in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, and his stay on Mount Athos...
Category
1990s Byzantine Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Fritillaria Imperialis" (2023) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera/Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Fritillaria Imperialis" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features a stem of Fritillaria Imperialis, resting in an ornate go...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Gold Leaf
Maine Morning
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful winter landscape by American artist, J. Philip Richards (1906-1991). Maine Morning, 1974. Casein on paper, 16 x 26 inches; 26 x 36 inches framed. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated on verso. Excellent condition.
Born in Moosic, PA, and graduated from the College of Fine Arts of Syracuse University in New York, J Philip Richards worked and studied with such artists of international reputation as William Von Schlagell, James Fitzgerald, David Porter, and John Taylor.He was professor emeritus of Fine Arts at Wilkes College in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Member of the American Watercolor Society, NYC, NY; York Artists Association, York, ME; Ogunquit Art Association, Ogunquit, ME; Wyoming Valley Art League, Wilkes-Barre, PA; National Society of Casein Painters, NYC, NY; Director Ancestor's Art Workshops, Searsport, ME; Gallery Director, "Gallery 164," Kennebunk, ME; Professional Artists League of America, NYC, NY; Art Guild of Kennebunks, Kennebunk, ME; Maine Artists...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Casein
PLEASURE PRINCIPLE original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Pleasure Principle”, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper
Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed.
This bold and expressive dra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Tempera
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
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