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Medium: Tempera
The Road by Valérie de Sarrieu - Oil on canvas painting, landscape
The Road by Valérie de Sarrieu - Oil on canvas painting, landscape

The Road by Valérie de Sarrieu - Oil on canvas painting, landscape

Located in Paris, FR

The Road is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Valérie de Sarrieu, dimensions are 160 × 160 cm (63 × 63 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a...

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2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil, Tempera

Giacomo Guardi (Venetian vedutist) - late 18th century painting - Venice View
Giacomo Guardi (Venetian vedutist) - late 18th century painting - Venice View

Giacomo Guardi (Venetian vedutist) - late 18th century painting - Venice View

Located in Varmo, IT

Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764 - Venice 1835) - Venice, view of the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. 11 x 17 cm unframed, 28 x 34 cm with frame. Tempera on paper, in a wooden frame...

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Late 18th Century Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Pair of Grand Tour Italian Neapolitan Costal Landscape
Pair of Grand Tour Italian Neapolitan Costal Landscape

Pair of Grand Tour Italian Neapolitan Costal Landscape

Located in Roma, IT

An important and extremely rare pair of Italian landscapes from the Neoclassical period, painted using the refined technique of tempera. They depict views of the Tyrrhenian coast ne...

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Early 1800s Old Masters Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

SOLSTICE
SOLSTICE

SOLSTICE

By Colin Fraser

Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares

Colin Fraser's remarkable tempera still-life and landscapes have a luminosity that seems to irradiate from them. It’s an effect that conjures a remembering of the timeless moment or ...

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2010s Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century

Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century

By Marguerite Callet-Carcano

Located in Roma, IT

Waves is an original tempera and Cina ink drawing on paper, realized by Marguerite Callet-Carcano With pencil signature on lower right margin. In very good condition, except for a little missing of paper on lower left margin. Marguerite Callet-Carcano (Milan, 1878) Marguerite Callet-Carcano was an Italian-Belgian graphic artist, illustrated books like Drame and Savonarole. Drame by Iwan Gilkin (1926), Les Chimères by Georges Rency (1928), René by François-René Chateaubriand and a reprint by Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. In addition to the xilograph technique, she also used the linoleum one. She engraved the portrait of Charles De Coster...

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Early 20th Century Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Ink, Tempera

At the Beach - Tempera and Watercolor by Aldo Riso - 1970s
At the Beach - Tempera and Watercolor by Aldo Riso - 1970s

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 Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor

Giacomo Guardi (Venetian vedutist) - late 18th century painting - Venice View
Giacomo Guardi (Venetian vedutist) - late 18th century painting - Venice View

Giacomo Guardi (Venetian vedutist) - late 18th century painting - Venice View

Located in Varmo, IT

Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764 - Venice 1835) - Venice, view of the island of San Francesco del Deserto. 11 x 17 cm unframed, 28 x 34 cm with frame. Tempera on paper, in a wooden fram...

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Late 18th Century Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Two Female Portraits - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s
Two Female Portraits - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s

Two Female Portraits - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

To Female Portraits is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original painting. Tempera on pap...

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Early 20th Century Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Minor Saint

Minor Saint

By Barnaby Fitzgerald

Located in Dallas, TX

A professor of painting at Southern Methodist University since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy where he earned a printmaking degree in Urbino. He received a BFA...

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2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Panel

Industry and Commerce
Industry and Commerce

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 Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in New York, NY

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...

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1930s American Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Egg Tempera, Board

F. Dawn Snell "Me and My Shadows" Mixed Media, 1989
F. Dawn Snell "Me and My Shadows" Mixed Media, 1989

F. Dawn Snell "Me and My Shadows" Mixed Media, 1989

Located in Astoria, NY

F. Dawn Snell (Canadian, 1928-2006), "Me and My Shadows", Acrylic and Egg Tempera on Illustration Board, 1989, signed lower right, titled and dated verso, painted wood frame. Image:...

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1980s Contemporary Tempera Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

October 17
October 17

October 17

Located in Dallas, TX

gouache, tempera & colored pencil on newspaper

Category

2010s Abstract Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Gouache, Color Pencil

Self Portrait

Self Portrait

By William Ashby McCloy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Self-Portrait, c. 1940, oil and tempera on Masonite, artist’s name inscribed verso, 30 x 25 inches William Ashby McCloy was an American artist, educator, and clinical psychologist. ...

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1940s American Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

"Soubrette con pantera " Tempera cm. 15 x 19 1920 ca Siglato E.K.
"Soubrette con pantera " Tempera cm. 15 x 19 1920 ca Siglato E.K.

"Soubrette con pantera " Tempera cm. 15 x 19 1920 ca Siglato E.K.

Located in Torino, IT

Bellissima opera siglata E.K. Cornice decò Figura di donna ,Soubrette o Circense con pantera e sullo sfondo un leone dietro le tende Classico soggetto anni 20 Deco Forse per illust...

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1920s Art Deco Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Cardboard

Mountain Quest // Original impasto painting, impressionism /
Mountain Quest // Original impasto painting, impressionism /

Mountain Quest // Original impasto painting, impressionism /

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Mountain Quest" is not just a landscape image, but an emotional invitation to reflect on the power and beauty of the surrounding world, on the desire to achieve a goal and learn so...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera

Sandscape- Mid-Century Tempera Painting of Michigan Coastal Sand Dunes Landscape
Sandscape- Mid-Century Tempera Painting of Michigan Coastal Sand Dunes Landscape

Sandscape- Mid-Century Tempera Painting of Michigan Coastal Sand Dunes Landscape

Located in Marco Island, FL

This is an important, large tempera painting of the sand dunes that line Michigan's coast. Zolton Sepeshy, who lived and painted in Michigan, also wrote a book on tempera painting. ...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

Refreshment and Intermission
Refreshment and Intermission

Refreshment and Intermission

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Refreshment and Intermission, tempera on board, 11 x 19 inches, c. 1930/40s, signed lower middle, exhibited at Groom's one person show at Closson’s Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, March, 1943 (see The Cincinnati Enquirer, March 7, 1943, section 3, p. 4); provenance includes a private Ohio collection; presented in a period gold painted frame About the Painting Refreshment and Intermission is part of a series of paintings of Amish subjects Grooms started in 1938 based on his travels in Pennsylvania. These tempera works reflect the Regionalist impulse to paint local scenes far away from big cities. Focusing on both people and landscape, Grooms' compositions tell the stories of the uniquely American experience of the Amish. “Grooms paints the Amish people with as much understanding of type and appreciation of the plastic quality as any artist who has approached this challenging subject," noted the art critic for The Cincinnati Inquirer when reviewing Grooms' solo exhibition at Closson' Gallery, "In his current show, ‘Refreshment and Intermission,’ is a case in point. Here the absorbed concentration of people eating is described without an ounce of sentimentality. He has made the most of the interest between groups and of the conversations, both humorous and serious. The work has the quaint simplicity of a Lord’s Supper...

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1930s American Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Angel Of Peace: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
Angel Of Peace: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting

Angel Of Peace: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting

By Sax Berlin

Located in Brecon, Powys

In these testing times it's become easy to turn inwards rather than looking outwards into the world. In a painting that is archetypical of Sax Berlin Angel of Peace is a reflection ...

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2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Grazing Horse - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Grazing Horse - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Grazing Horse - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed. Includes a beautiful wooden frame cm. 66x54.5.

Category

1960s Contemporary Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera, Cardboard

Beach Snack Shack Landscape
Beach Snack Shack Landscape

Beach Snack Shack Landscape

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

John Hanlen (1922-2003). Beach Snack Shack, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Measurement with matting: 26 x 31 inches. The piece is unframed. There is ...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Christ Pantocrator after an Russian icon of the 15th Century
Christ Pantocrator after an Russian icon of the 15th Century

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...

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1990s Byzantine Tempera Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gouache Of A Shipwreck In A Storm With Gothic Ruins. Early 19th Century
Gouache Of A Shipwreck In A Storm With Gothic Ruins. Early 19th Century

Gouache Of A Shipwreck In A Storm With Gothic Ruins. Early 19th Century

Located in Firenze, IT

Gouache of a Shipwreck in a Storm with Gothic Ruins, Early 19th Century Technique: Gouache on paper Period: Early 19th century Description: This romantic painting depicts a dramatic ...

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Early 19th Century Romantic Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Gouache

Conversation
Conversation

Conversation

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in New York, NY

A leading figure of American Modern Regionalism and also a musician, Thomas Hart Benton conceived sound as a vital expressive force, embedding auditory resonance into the visual rhyt...

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20th Century Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera, Board

The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer
The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer

The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer

Located in Hudson, NY

The Lonely Road (1940) Tempera on panel 12" x 16" 19 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/2" framed Hand-signed "Palmer '40" lower center. Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, NY (labels verso...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Maine Morning
Maine Morning

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. Glass has been removed and will need to be replaced. 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...

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1970s Impressionist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Casein

Woman VIII - XXI Century Contemporary Oil & Tempera on Canvas Painting, Portrait
Woman VIII - XXI Century Contemporary Oil & Tempera on Canvas Painting, Portrait

Woman VIII - XXI Century Contemporary Oil & Tempera on Canvas Painting, Portrait

By Joanna Rusinek

Located in Warsaw, PL

ARTIST: Joanna Rusinek (1979) Polish contemporary painter. Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 2007 at the Graphics Studio under the supervision of prof. Jadwiga Okras...

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21st Century and Contemporary Feminist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Tempera

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait
Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait

By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens

Located in Roma, IT

Beautiful painting in gouache technique depicting a distinguished young lady. The noblewoman presents a pose of rare elegance, with one hand resting on a planter and the other holdin...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Early 18th-Century Russian Icon, Volga Masters (Circle), The Crucifixion
Early 18th-Century Russian Icon, Volga Masters (Circle), The Crucifixion

Early 18th-Century Russian Icon, Volga Masters (Circle), The Crucifixion

Located in Cheltenham, GB

US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item. This exquisite and exceedingly rare early 18th-century Russian Staurotek icon depicts The Crucifixion of Christ with an assemblage of s...

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1720s Old Masters Tempera Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus"
18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus"

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 Tempera Paintings

Materials

Copper

WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers

WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers

By Seymour Fogel

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:...

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1930s American Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

Flower Market, Lima Peru
Flower Market, Lima Peru

Flower Market, Lima Peru

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

John Hanlen (1922-2003). Flower Market, Lima Peru, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 14.25 x 22.5 inches. Measurement with matting: 18.5 x 26.5 inches. The piece is unfra...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Glamorous Young Woman Illustration
Glamorous Young Woman Illustration

Glamorous Young Woman Illustration

By Jon Whitcomb

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Attributed to Jon Whitcomb (1906-1988) Illustration of Glamorous Young Woman, ca. 1950's. Tempera on illustration board, image measuring 9 x 13 inches. Board measuring 15 x 20 inc...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Mid-18th-Century Central Italian School, Architectural Capriccio
Mid-18th-Century Central Italian School, Architectural Capriccio

Mid-18th-Century Central Italian School, Architectural Capriccio

Located in Cheltenham, GB

This refined mid-18th-century Italian architectural capriccio depicts a solitary figure kneeling among lions within a monumental ruin. It's a vision of steadfast faith painted with q...

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Mid-18th Century Italian School Tempera Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tempera

Landscape in Falconara - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Landscape in Falconara - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968

Landscape in Falconara - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968

Located in Roma, IT

Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968. Hand signed and dated. It represents a seascape in Falconara Marittima. A wooden frame realized by the Artist in...

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1960s Contemporary Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera, Cardboard

"The Morning Paper"
"The Morning Paper"

"The Morning Paper"

By Elsa Warner

Located in San Francisco, CA

"The Morning Paper" 1949, a fine original tempera painting on board by listed artist Elsa Warner (1900-1988). Elsa Warner was born on June 6, 1900 in Illinois. After studying at the ...

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1940s American Modern Tempera Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Board

Abstract Composition
Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition

Located in Sheffield, MA

Andre Lanskoy Russian, 1902-1976 Abstract Composition Pastel and tempera on paper 18 ¼ by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 26 by 33 ½ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01777 Andre Lanskoy ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Tempera

Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape
Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape

Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape

By Goldie Anita Powell Harding

Located in Soquel, CA

Early work of figures moving along the street in Cuernavaca to the Cathedral in Mexico by Goldie Anita Powell Harding (American, 1892-1974). Circa 1935. Tempera on Masonite. In a per...

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1930s American Impressionist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

Autumn Landscape
Autumn Landscape

Autumn Landscape

By Robert Vickrey

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Autumn Landscape, by 1958, tempera on Masonite, 24 x 36 inches, signed lower left, exhibited: 1) 133rd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, February 20 – March 16, 1958 (Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Prize); and 2) Henry Ward Ranger Centennial Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, September 25 - October 12, 1958, #133 (see Levin, Meyer, Illustrative Paintings Gathered for Ranger Show at National Academy, St. Petersburg Times, October 13, 1958 (“There’s a warm, low-keyed picture of golden fields, with distant structures, called “Autumn Landscape,” by Robert Vickrey, whose magic realism is felt in so “regular” a subject.”), literature: 1) Watson, Ernest William, Composition in Landscape and Still Life, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1959, pp. 24, 155 and 157 (illustrated); and 2) Vickrey, Robert and Cochrane, Diane, New Techniques in Egg Tempera, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1973, p. 111 (illustrated); ex collection National Academy of Design Reflecting on his art, Robert Vickery...

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1950s American Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Egg Tempera

Abstract in Blues and Purples
Abstract in Blues and Purples

Abstract in Blues and Purples

Located in Houston, TX

Mid-century abstract in oil and tempera by French artist Hervet in cool tones of blues and purples, signed lower right. Original artwork on paper dis...

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1960s Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera

Rebecca at the Well

Rebecca at the Well

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: Dr. James Henry Lancashire, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, by 1925; probably by descent to: Private Collection, Cumberland Foreside, Maine, until 2018 This unpublished panel is a characteristic work of the Master of the Apollo and Daphne Legend, an anonymous Florentine painter in the circle of Bartolommeo di Giovanni, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Sandro Botticelli. The artistic personality of the Master of the Apollo and Daphne Legend was independently recognized by Everett Fahy and Federico Zeri at roughly the same moment in time. Fahy originally dubbed this artist the Master of the Ryerson Panels but later adopted Zeri’s name for the artist, which derives from his eponymous works from the Samuel H. Kress collection (Figs. 1-2). Fahy posited that the artist was most likely a pupil of Ghirlandaio active from roughly 1480 to 1510, and that he may be identifiable with one of Ghirlandaio’s documented pupils to whom no works have been securely attributed, such as Niccolò Cieco, Jacopo dell’Indaco, or Baldino Baldinetti. The present painting was first attributed to this master by Everett Fahy in 1989, who became aware of its existence only after publishing his definitive studies on the artist. The surviving body of work by the Master of the Apollo and Daphne Legend is largely composed of series of panels treating the same theme. In addition to the works illustrating the legend of Apollo and Daphne, there are also series on the themes of Susanna and the Elders and the story of Saint Joseph, among others. The subject of the present panel is drawn from Genesis 24, the story of Isaac. It is possible that our painting relates to another work by the artist depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac formerly in the collection of E. A. McGuire in Dublin, Ireland (Fig. 3), and that these two panels were originally part of a decorative scheme based on the story of Isaac. Although the Master’s paintings of this type have traditionally been considered painted fronts of wedding chests, known as cassoni, the scale of these paintings and the fact that they are often part of a series indicates that they are more likely spalliera panels—paintings set into furniture or the wainscoting of a room. The biblical episode depicted in this painting centers on the theme of marriage, which suggests that this work was likely commissioned for the domestic interior of a newly married couple. The Master has transcribed into paint even the minute details of this Old Testament story, in which Abraham sends a servant to travel by camel to the land of his father and seek out a wife for his son Isaac. The servant is here shown at the well...

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Tempera Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel

Spice Market, Marrakesh Morocco
Spice Market, Marrakesh Morocco

Spice Market, Marrakesh Morocco

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

John Hanlen (1922-2003). Spice Market, Marrakesh, Morocco, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 18.5 x 23 inches. Measurement with matting: 26 x 32 inches. The piece is unfr...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Tempera paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Tempera paintings 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 paintings 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, orange, green, yellow 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 Kory Twaddle, Giorgio Lo Fermo, Anastasia Kurakina, and Sergio Barletta. 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 Tempera paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available