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Medium: Tempera
La Chute d'Icare Tempera on Panel Painting Icarus Falling Mythe Surreel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
La Chute d'Icare Tempera on Panel Painting Icarus Falling Mythe Surreel In Stock. Sizes including frame.
Gérard Willemenot was born on February 11, 1943.
The World War and the deportation of his father to Mauthausen will strongly mark his childhood. He is the eldest son of a family of nine children. Very early in conflict with the national education system, he studied art, graduated as a decorator from the Applied Arts and then became a DPLG Architect and Urban Planner, jobs that he mistakenly exercised for twenty-five years!
His childhood and his years of architecture will make him a chronic misfit who hardly likes his time. Unable to remake the world, he will paint it in his own way, offbeat and timeless. Willemenot does not like so-called contemporary painting, which he considers an institutional hoax.
Willemenot's painting is simple. This is so-called “tempera” paint (which he makes himself). This technique, endangered, will be cooked with an immoderate love for the Middle Ages and its mysticism, to which should be added the influence of a few great elders such as Jérôme Bosch, Breughel or Patinir, but also that of contemporary painters such as Albert Drachkovitch or Jacques Poirier...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Inevitable Day – Birth of the Atom oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.”
To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.”
Bibliography
Art in America, April 1951, p.78
About this artists: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism.
The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman.
De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...
Category
1940s American Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
What You All Want ??? - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Polish Young Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kasia Mazur is a very young artist, she is still studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, where she also lives. She has already had exhibit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Tempera
Ganesha in Deferent Mode #2
Located in Singapore, SG
"This is a series of three paintings. In these, the artist has illustrated different compositions of Lord Ganesha.
In one painting Ganesha is standing with his brother Kartikeya; in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Italian Renaissance Egg Tempera Fresco on Canvas, The Temptation of Adam and Eve
Located in Firenze, IT
This art piece is a Florentine Renaissance period fresco of late 1500 hand painted with egg tempera representing the temptation of Adam and Eve, this pivotal moment in the history of genesis is framed in an oval scrolled cartouche and flanked by architectural pillars featured as two sculptural male and female caryatids holding the entablature of the palazzo.
This antique Italian old master...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Egg Tempera
Francesco Zuccarelli (Venetian master) - 18th century landscape painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788) - River landscape with shepherds and herds.
31 x 46 cm without frame, 47.5 x 57 cm with frame.
Tempera on paper, in giltwood ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Paper
Marine Landscape - Tempera by Gian Barresi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Marine landscape is an artwork realized by Gian Barresi in 1990s.
Tempera on paper.
50x70 cm not framed.
Handsigned on the lower left margin.
Good Conditions
Category
1990s Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
The Vegetable Seller, Mauritius
Located in London, GB
Tempera on board, 87cm x 60cm (framed 106cm x 78cm).
Stuart Maxwell Armfield (1916-2000) was renowned for his use of the traditional egg tempera technique, a skilled process that us...
Category
1940s Post-War Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Ganesha in Deferent Mode #3
Located in Singapore, SG
"This is a series of three paintings. In these, the artist has illustrated different compositions of Lord Ganesha.
In one painting Ganesha is standing with his brother Kartikeya; in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Ganesha, Tempera on Board, Red, Yellow Color by Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Ganesha - 24 x 24 inches
Tempera on Board, 2015
(Unframed & Delivered)
Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu ...
Category
2010s Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Board
The Holy Couple
Located in Singapore, SG
Bholanath Fakir is a reflection of Lord Shiva who got married to Sati, the daughter of Daksha Prajapati. Sati married Shiva against her father's will and as a consequence, they were ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
The Incarnation
Located in Singapore, SG
For this painting the artist found inspiration from the religious poem on the ‘Sarvesh’ incarnation of Lord Mahadev. This work illustrates the beauty of that poetic description.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sailcloth, Tempera
Ganesha in Deferent Mode #1
Located in Singapore, SG
"This is a series of three paintings. In these, the artist has illustrated different compositions of Lord Ganesha.
In one painting Ganesha is standing with his brother Kartikeya; in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
The cosmic Mother (Tara devi)
Located in Singapore, SG
This composition is based on Indian mythology. It depicts goddess Tara Devi as the mother of Lord Shiva. In this painting we can find Nandi (bull) along with Shiva’s avatar Bhairava ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Pre-Raphaelite Style Painting of Mothers and Babies in WWII
Located in Miami, FL
Babies are falling from the sky and not bombs. British female artist and illustrator Noel Laura Nisbet makes a passionate twist to the reality of En...
Category
1940s Pre-Raphaelite Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera, Mixed Media, Oil
The Incredible Expression
Located in Singapore, SG
‘The incredible expression’ is a funny composition made through the facial expressions and gestures of the characters where the artist depicts the even...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Rabbit Hunters
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 ...
Category
1940s American Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
The Lover
Located in Singapore, SG
In this picture the artist portrays a woman who has spent quite a portion of her life immersed in religious practices and her pets were the only creatures close to her soul. So much ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sailcloth, Tempera
Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro - Egg tempura painting
Located in London, GB
Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Egg tempera on linen
39 x 48 cm (15³/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches)
Signed lower right Orovida and dated lower left 1934
Provenance
J Ankri, 8th October 1967
Literature
K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 51, p. 56 (illustrated)
Exhibition
London, The Leicester Galleries, Paintings by Orovida, February 1935, no. 6
Women’s International Art Club, 20th February - 13th March 1937, no. 273
London, Redfern Gallery, Ten Years of Work by Orovida, 5th-28th May 1938, no. 7
London, The Royal Society of British Artists, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 281 (possibly the etching)
London, O’Hana Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Coloured Etchings: Orovida, 3rd-18th October 1957, no. 13
Artist biography
Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies.
She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy.
Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...
Category
1930s Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Egg Tempera
"Composition with Figure, " Irene Rice Pereira
Located in New York, NY
Irene Rice Pereira
Composition with Figure, 1951
Inscribed, signed and dated Salford/Pereira 2/51 (lr); inscribed I Rice Pereira/2669 Great Clowes St/Sa...
Category
1950s Abstract Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Casein
The Throne of The Incarnation
Located in Singapore, SG
This painting illustrates a form of mythological incarnation. It depicts the ‘Baraha’ incarnation, the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu. According to mythological interpretation, he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
The Lover(Laxmi)
Located in Singapore, SG
According to the artist, the women in our society, from adolescents to older women, always save a portion of their wealth, earned in a lifetime, as a treasur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sailcloth, Tempera
Desert 9 - Young Polish artist, Social commentary, Realistic tempera painting
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland in 2021. She's dealing with easel painting, wall pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Costume - Original Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting artwork in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos.
Very good conditions.
Signed by artist's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Tempera
School of Stoics
Located in Mokena, IL
The School of Stoics brings the viewer into an airy evening discussion at an agora overlooking the Aegean Sea. Amidst the silent water and grained marble, a group of stoics debate logic, reason, and nature. Agreement and disagreement prevail in the noble gestures of their bodies. Soon you see an individual's gaze directed towards you, raising their hand, calling you to join the conversation.
Technical:
53” x 39”. Tempera on panel with 24k gold water-gilded frame. Painting and frame produced by artists Justas and Vilius Varpucanskis. This piece utilizes the "rules of craftsmanship" as outlined in Cenino Cennini's Il Libro dell'Arte. 21st century contemporary artwork that employs techniques, philosophy, and visual language of the Italian High Renaissance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The owl
Located in Singapore, SG
"The owl, patron bird of Goddess Athena, has a history that goes beyond the common association with wisdom and knowledge. In ancient Egypt, owls were known to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Handmade Paper
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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari
Located in Portland, OR
A rare & important Italian Renaissance tempera on parchment painting, Giuseppe Cesari Il Cavalier d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari, 1568-1640), the painting c...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Egg Tempera
Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Daughter of artist, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY
De Diego was known for his "lyrical" works (his term), which combined elements of surrealism, cubism and the social commentary of the politically active Mexican painters. Born in Madrid in 1900, Julio De Diego left home at the age of 15 to apprentice as a scene painter for theaters. After service in the Spanish army...
Category
1940s Surrealist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Christ Pantocrator" After an Icon in the style of the Moscow School
Located in Segovia, ES
"Christ Pantocrator". After an Icon in the style of the Moscow school (15th century). Somewhat similar to that of Rublev.
Author: Oliver Samsinguer
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and on wood.
Dimensions; (H) 42 x (W) 33.5 x (D) 3.5 cm.
(H) 16.54 x (W) 13.19 x (D) 1.38 in.
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 an agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold .
Now, 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...
Category
1990s Byzantine Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Dancer - Tempera by Erté - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancer is a modern artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed clored tempera on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Provenance: Coll. G. Carandente, Roma...
Category
1970s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian Icon in the style of the 18th century).
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian icon in the style of the 18th Century).
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso over wood.
Measurements in centimeters: 45 x 36.5 x 3 cm / In inch...
Category
1990s Byzantine Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Masc Regis - Tempera by Erté - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Masc Regis is a modern artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed clored tempera on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Provenance: Coll. G. Carandente, Roma...
Category
1970s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Path of life
Located in Singapore, SG
Path of life it’s a historical based painting. A lot of example over in history that a king becomes a monk, a robber becomes a monk or nature lover. They always try to spread his lov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sailcloth, Tempera
Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. With Oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Icono of Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century.
Egg tempera and gesso on wood, covered by a metal oklad made by the artist himself. The oklad, in principle, were made to cover damaged parts of highly revered ancient icons...
Category
1990s Byzantine Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Egg Tempera
Love and Nature # 13
Located in Singapore, SG
Nature is a source of love and inspiration and in this present era we have to take care of it. Wild nature is usually associated with beauty and calmness. Love is the most important ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Love and Nature # 11
Located in Singapore, SG
Nature is a source of love and inspiration and in this present era we have to take care of it. Wild nature is usually associated with beauty and calmness. Love is the most important ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Love and Nature # 10
Located in Singapore, SG
Nature is a source of love and inspiration and in this present era we have to take care of it. Wild nature is usually associated with beauty and calmness. Love is the most important ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Golden Lotus #1
Located in Singapore, SG
"It's a mythological based painting. I try to do a dramatic composition in this painting. A illustration of ""vagbat gita "" Helps to build the unic composition. That time when Lord Krishna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Love and nature # 9
Located in Singapore, SG
Nature is a source of love and inspiration and in this present era we have to take care of it. Wild nature is usually associated with beauty and calmness. Love is the most important ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Love and Nature # 12
Located in Singapore, SG
Nature is a source of love and inspiration and in this present era we have to take care of it. Wild nature is usually associated with beauty and calmness. Love is the most important ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
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 Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
Path of Life # 2
Located in Singapore, SG
Path of life it’s a historical based painting. A lot of example over in history that a king becomes a monk, a robber becomes a monk or nature lover. They always try to spread his lov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Poseidon - Ink and Tempera on Paper by Lucie Navier - 1933
By Lucie Navier
Located in Roma, IT
Poseidon is an original painting realized by Lucie Navier in 1933.
Original Ink and tempera painting on paper.
Dated on the lower right corner (23-6-2033).
Fair conditions except...
Category
1930s Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor, Ink
Abstract Expressionist Tempera on Paper Figurative -- The Pilot and His Plane
By Jean Kellogg
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist figurative of a pilot and his plane attributed to Jean Kellogg (American, 1910 - 1995), circa 1970. Unsigned. (Purchased ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
British, 20th Century surrealist painting of lunchtime on the lake, 1986
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ronnie Copas (British, b.1936)
Lunchtime on the Lake, 1986
egg tempera on panel
signed and dated ‘Copas 86’ (lower left)
26.3 x 31.3 cm.
Born in London, ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Claudie Baran - Art is dead - Nature takes over
Located in Paris, IDF
Tempera,Ink on canvas
Framed - 132 x 99 x 4 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Tempera
"Woman Listening, " Honore Sharrer, Magical Realism Landscape with Flora & Figure
By Honore Sharrer
Located in New York, NY
Honore Sharrer (1920 - 2009)
Woman Listening
Signed lower right
Caseine on paper
15 x 20 inches
Provenance:
Forum Gallery, New York
Private Collection
...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Casein
The Temptation - Painting by Georges Valmier - Early 20th Century
By Georges Valmier
Located in Roma, IT
The Temptation is a modern artwork realized by Georges Valmier in the early 20th Century.
Mixed colored tempera painting.
Hand signed on the lower m...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Jogal, Tempera on Canvas, Yellow, Red, Blue by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Bratin Khan
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Bratin Khan - Jogal
Tempera on Canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2018
The anecdotes and narratives of Krishna's life are generally titled as Krishna Leela. He is a central character in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana and the Bhagavad Gita, and is mentioned in many Hindu philosophical, theological, and mythological texts. They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, and as the universal supreme being. His iconography reflects these legends, and shows him in different stages of his life, such as an infant eating butter, a young boy playing a flute, a young man with Radha or surrounded by women devotees, or a friendly charioteer giving counsel to Arjuna.
He is sometimes accompanied by cows or a calf, which symbolise the divine herdsman Govinda. Alternatively, he is shown as a romantic and seductive man with the gopis (milkmaids), often making music or playing pranks.
Style : Marked for the refined handling of line work and palette, his painterly compositions, reflect influences of folk art and Bengal School. The renderings are poetic and the narratives mythical, folklore-inspired or religious. His curvaceous and languid figures, often accompanied by a surrounding halo, are set amidst a natural habitat. The imagery features Buddha, Krishna, other legendry icons as well as pretty damsels and lotus flowers.
Figures dominate the whole thinking process of his paintings with different subjects such as mermaids, musicians (Classical Musicians , Rajasthani Folk Singers and Baul Singers) and mythological figures appearing in his works. He was deeply influenced by the life Sri Aurobindo and thus enlightened beings. Such as Buddha, Jesus and Krishna are also a recurring theme in his Golden Man series. His focus on detail and remarkable skill over the line make his style unique. He uses a traditional method of tempera painting which goes back to the Indian miniature though the material he uses is totally contemporary. Knowledge of the wash technique further enables him to create a soft, twilight effect in his paintings.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : 1969, West Bengal.
Education :
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan.
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2000 - Classic Source, Mumbai.
1999 - Rightlines Art Gallery, Bangalore.
1993 - Grindlays Bank Gallery, Kolkata.
Selected Group Exhibitions :
2007 - ‘A Brush with Durga’ ,Gallery Kolkata, Kolkata.
2002 - 'Gems of Bengal Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Canvas
Flying in Dreams
Located in Naples, FL
Characterized by his deeply honest means of expression and fascination with Orientalism, Surrealism, and social commentary, Moscow painter Stanislav Plutenko...
Category
2010s Surrealist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Egg Tempera
Hunter's funeral - Drawing in Tempera - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hunter's funeral is a modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century.
Tempera painting on board.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame: 60 x 86 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Mosque in Constantinople - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mosque in Constantinople is an original artwork realized in the mid-20th century, and attributed to Gustavo Francalancia.
Original mixed colored tempera and watercolor on plywood.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Agnieszka And The Cat - Contemporary Figurative Portrait Painting, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Malinowska is a painter, draftswoman and graphic artist, born in 1965.
She graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1991 in the studio of Prof. Kiejstut Bereźnicki.
She...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cotton Canvas
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family.
Vladimir Glushenkov...
Category
1990s Impressionist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Tempera
Migration (The Horses) by Orovida Pissarro - Painting of running horses
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Migration (The Horses) by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Egg tempera on linen laid on board
76 x 101 cm (29 ⅞ x 39 ...
Category
1930s Modern Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Egg Tempera, Board
The Race
Located in Naples, FL
Characterized by his deeply honest means of expression and fascination with Orientalism, Surrealism, and social commentary, Moscow painter Stanislav Plutenko...
Category
2010s Surrealist Tempera Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Egg Tempera
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