Egg Tempera Landscape Paintings

"A Dancer's Fantasy" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern Agnes Mills (1915 – 2008) A Dancer’s Fantasy 48 x 55 inches Tempera on masonite Signed “Aggie Mills’ lower right BIO Painter, printmaker, and sculptor Agnes Eunice Mills was born in New York City on April 2, 1915 to Herman and Celia Karlin. A prolific multi-disciplinary arts, she specialized in dance subjects and imagery pertaining to the arts. She worked in the Long Island/New York City area for most of her career, eventually moving to Florida. Mills was a graduate of Pratt Institute and Cooper Union Art School, and was associated with the Bauhaus, Social Realist, and Abstract movements. She worked for the WPA early in her career, becoming the youngest instructor in the Federal Arts Project along with fellow artist Ruth Gikow. She studied under Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, David Siqueiros, Hans Hoffman, Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in New York, Krishna Reddy, and many other leading printmakers and painters of the time. For 25 years she served as resident artist for the Alwin Nikolais Dance Company, and several other dance companies hired her to sketch their rehearsals. She was a member of the Artists Union and was Co-Chair for the committee for public use of art. She published the Index of American Design for the Library of Congress. Solo Exhibitions: Lincoln Center Art Gallery, New York City: Drawings & Prints on the Dance; City Center Gallery, NYC: Drawings & Prints on the Dance; Alfredo Valente Gallery, NYC: Sculpture, Drawings & Prints; Carus Gallery, NYC: Oils, Drawings & Prints; Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY; Graphic Eye Co-op Gallery, Roslyn, NY; North Shore Community Arts Center, Great Neck, NY: Prints & Drawings on the Dance; Unitarian Society, Manhassett, NY: Sculpture, Drawings & Prints; North Truro Art...

Bold seascape by Edmond Donald Mauberret (American, 1921-2004). From a vantage point high on the coast, the viewer overlooks cliffs on the edge of the Pacific as the artist sits on the rocks painting the view. Dark blue seas crash into the coast, creating frothy white foam. A few people are walking and sitting along the coast. Signed "Edmond D. Mauberret" in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood frame. Board size: 19"H x 22.5"W Frame size: 22.5"Hx 26"W Edmond Donald Mauberret (American, 1921-2004) was born in San Francisco, California on May 29, 1921, to parents of French descent. His father, Edmond Mauberret, owned the Hotel Richelieu, now called the La Quinta. His mother, Helene Miguet, owned a well-known society boutique, Marie et Helene. It was at his mother's boutique, where he used to while away the hours painting, that his artistic talents were discovered. A commercial artist saw one of his landscapes and recommended him to the San Francisco Institute of Fine Arts, where, at 13, he became the youngest art student to attend the academy. He graduated from Galileo High School in 1940. He served in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1951, after a brief stint as a graphic artist, Mr. Mauberret joined the Marin County...

Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...

Naturalistic landscape painting of Texas. The painting is done in Anthony V. Martin's medium of choice, egg tempera. The work is signed by the artis...

Mystical winter landscape view of bare trees and a fence line. Painted with egg tempera. Artist Biography: Anthony V. Martin grew up in east Texas. He graduated from Cleveland High...

Konstantinos Papamichalopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1975. He studied painting and printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he also received a postgraduate degree...

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1909, painter, illustrator and instructor Matthias Noheimer studied at the University of Cincinnati and the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Noheimer was a memb...

Gorgeous French countryside painting of a white house and a field in pastel tones. Signed and dated on the back. Dimensions Without Frame...

Lamar Briggs (1935-2015) was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and attended the University of Southern Louisiana, the University of Houston and graduated from the Colorado Institute of Ar...

Anthony Martin Tree Stump landscape painting in egg tempera. This painting was featured in the DuBose gallery in Houston, Texas. Artist signatu...

Surreal Anthony Martin landscape painting of a Lonely Mirror in a Field in egg tempura. The bright and airy field contrasts with the dark, bulky mirror to give the painting an uneasy...

Surreal Landscape of a women in a rocking chair. Hills proceed in the distance with a tree towering over the landscape. Framed in a wooden black and brown frame. Signature located in...