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Medium: 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 Paintings
Materials
Linen, Egg 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 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera
1975 Vintage Original Surrealist Still Life Tempera Painting - Grapes & Pears
Located in Bristol, GB
GRAPES & PEARS
Size: 28.5 x 34 cm (including frame)
Tempera on board
A brilliantly executed and charming surrealist still life composition, executed in tempera on board and dated 19...
Category
1970s Surrealist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Großes Rapsbild, Ratzeburger See
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Molding frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German ...
Category
2010s Realist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Canvas
$27,440 Sale Price
20% Off
" Le Chien à la Lune. "
By André Verdet
Located in CANNES, FR
André Verdet ( 1913 - 2004 ) . Artiste français né à Nice (alpes maritimes ) mort à Saint Paul de Vence .
poète , peintre , sculpteur , céramiste , mus...
Category
1960s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Casein
$2,742 Sale Price
20% Off
The House Beside River, Tempera & Charcoal on Acid Free Paper "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subha Basu - The House Beside River
Tempera & Charcoal on Acid Free Paper, 17 x 22 inches, 2019
Born - 1982 at Kolkata. B.V.A from The Indian College of Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Charcoal
In Chains - Male Nude original art by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"In Chains" - Male Nude inspired by St Sebastian. Ultramarine tempera on colored paper. Size 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm .
"In Chains" is striking in its expressive use of ultramarine t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Carbon Pencil
$600 Sale Price
40% Off
Venice Magic
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Egg Tempera on gesso panel
Signed lower right: "R. Vickery"
This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Bibi & Babu, Tempera on Board, Figurative by Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw
Babu & Bibi
20 x 26 Inches
Tempera on Board, 2017
( Unframed & Delivered )
Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu...
Category
2010s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
High Line Yellow Flowers
Located in Fairfield, CT
About the artist:
Susan Cohen’s paintings are exhibited with New York City galleries: George Billis, Garvey Simon, First Street,The Painting Center; and the Cynthia Winings Gallery...
Category
2010s American Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Casein
Home Improvement, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Tempera Painting
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, December 5, 1953
Category
1950s Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera
1979 Modernist Vintage Still Life Tempera Painting - Fruits on White Cloth
Located in Bristol, GB
FRUITS ON WHITE CLOTH
Size: 34 x 49 cm (including frame)
Tempera on board
A brilliantly executed still life painting in tempera painted onto board in 1979, by the established Swedis...
Category
1970s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Board, Tempera
Teofimo Lopez , The Champ, egg tempera, World Champion, Finalist PSA
Located in Houston, TX
"The Champ" is an egg tempera painting of Teofimo Lopez who is also known as The Takeover after winning four belts in his last fight. He is ranked # 1 in his weight class. The painting by E. Melinda Morrison...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
$2,210 Sale Price
35% Off
Bad date, 59x42cm, tempera/paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
Bad date, 59x42cm, tempera/paper
Category
2010s Pop Art Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Gel Pen
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Wacholderwald und Heide, Schmarbeck
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Canvas
$14,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition. 1973, canvas, synthetic tempera, cold encaustic, 87x64 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Composition. 1973, canvas, synthetic tempera, cold encaustic, 87x64 cm
Cubistic composition in red, yellow, green, blue colors
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Tempera
$4,255 Sale Price
20% Off
Christmas Turkey & the General's Daughter painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
The artwork measures 18" x 24", and the frame 25" x 29.5" x 1.75". Upon request a video clip of this work may be provided.
About this artist:
Julio De Diego crafted a formidable per...
Category
1960s Surrealist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Medicinal Plants, Papaver Somiferum L. (Opium)
By Peggy Kliafa
Located in New York, NY
MEDICINAL PLANTS, PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM L. (OPIUM), 2013
Tempera on paper
49,5 x 38,5 cm
Born in 1967 in Trikala, she grew up in Athens, Greece, where s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Archival Paper
Medical Plants, Canabis Sativa L. (MARIJUANA)
By Peggy Kliafa
Located in New York, NY
MEDICINAL PLANTS, CANABIS SATIVA L. (MARIJUANA), 2013
Tempera on paper
49,5 x 38,5 cm
Born in 1967 in Trikala, she grew up in Athens, Greece, where she lives and works. She graduate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Archival Paper
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Falaise d'aval, Blick vom Falaise
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Canvas
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Defeated, Figurative, Tempera on Paper by Sanat Kar "In Stock"
By Sanat Kar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanat Kar - Defeated
Tempera on Paper
17.5 x 13 inches, 2001
(Unframed & Delivered)
“Defeated” (2001) by Sanat Kar is a surreal tempera painting that portrays a haunting, mask-like ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Strange Woods, 20th Century Surrealist Painting by Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Gretchen Oldfather Troibner (American, b. 1953)
Strange Woods
Casein on paper
Signed with monogram lower right
16.5 x 12.75 inches
27.5 x 22.5 inches
Gretchen Troibner is an America...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Casein
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Mill Point, Cape Cod, Mass
Located in Milford, NH
A fine naive landscape painting with a windmill by American artist Janet Munro (b. 1949). Munro was born in Woburn, MA, and her work focuses o...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
Abstract Cubist Construction Collage Mid 20th Century American Modernism Cubism
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Cubist Construction Collage Mid 20th Century American Modernism Cubism
Vaclav Vytacil (1892 - 1984)
Abstract Construction #2
Caesin on board collage
11 x 13 1/2 th inches
S...
Category
1930s Abstract Tempera Paintings
Materials
Casein, Board
"Crianca com Peixis"
Located in Astoria, NY
Jose Carlos Martins de Porangaba (Brazilian, b. 1944), "Crianca Com Peixis" [Child With Fish], Tempera on Canvas, 1986, signed and dated lower right, Oscar Seraphico Galeria de Arte ...
Category
1980s Abstract Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Mandarin - an egg Tempera abstract multicolor painting
Located in New York, NY
"Mandarin" (2022) by Susanne Zuehlke (b. 1962) is a warm and inviting painting that evokes the richness and vitality of its namesake fruit. The canvas is dominated by a vibrant orang...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera, Stretcher Bars
1941 Autumn Landscape of Pikes Peak by Charles Bunnell, American Impressionist
Located in Denver, CO
941 Egg Tempera Landscape of Pikes Peak by Charles Bunnell – Autumn in Colorado
This original 1941 egg tempera painting by celebrated Colorado artist Charles Bunnell (1897–1968) bea...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Lotos u. Papyrus IV
Located in New York, NY
"Lotos u. Papyrus IV" (2015) by Susanne Zuehlke (b. 1962) is a gentle and harmonious painting that draws inspiration from the natural world. The canvas features soft, earthy tones of...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
City Scene with Faces casein tempera on canvas by Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Modernist painting by Vaclav Vytlacil of "City Scene with Faces". Signed and dated "Vytlacil 32" lower right.
Provenance: Estate of the artist #1584; Martin Diamond Fine Art
Exhibi...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Casein, Canvas
Christmas Tree in Weathered Niche, Original holiday greeting card illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original holiday greeting card illustration of a Christmas Tree in a Weathered Niche against a backdrop of a starry night sky
Medium: Egg Tempera on Illustration Board
Charlotte Joan Sternberg was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1920. Early on, she became interested in art, and her parents encouraged her efforts. She attended public schools in the area, as well as taking art classes at the technical school. Afterwards, she attended the Yale School of Art. Her fellow classmates included Rudolph Zallinger, who executed the dinosaur mural at the Peabody Museum in New Haven; Jean Day Zallinger, renowned book illustrator; and Edward Paier, founder of the Paier College of Art. It was there that she became interested in egg tempera, and most of her well-known artwork was done in this medium. She was one of a number of Yale artists who revived this medium.(She did not work professionally in oils, although she sometimes used gouache or watercolor.)
She went on to a long career in commercial illustration. She worked extensively for J.Walter Thompson, doing advertising art for such companies as Esso (later Exxon), Textron, and Lederle pharmaceuticals. While she did a variety of subjects, she was best known for her Americana themes, particularly snow scenes of historic New England. Many of these pieces were published as Christmas cards for American Artists Group. She also taught for many years at the Paier College of Art.
She also did a number of limited edition prints for Greenwich Workshop. Her art is used on such items as tapestry pillows, puzzles, and decorative flags. She was commissioned to do several portraits, including those of Gov.John Lodge...
Category
1960s Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
Grandma Catches Fly-ball, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, April 23, 1960.
The Post described, "'Here's the pitch, Snider connects! It's a pop foul heading in the direction of the third-base stands. Mathe...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Casein
Meerblick
Located in New York, NY
"Meerblick," meaning "Sea View," by Susanne Zuehlke (b. 1962), is a tranquil and reflective work that embodies the spirit of the ocean. The canvas is filled with varying shades of bl...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Don Quixote - Nobleman on Horse with Sheep - Action Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Italian illustrator Gianni Benvenuti depicts a dramatic scene from the epic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. With unrivaled skill, Benvenuti captures a peak moment of drama when...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Pencil
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Medium: Tempera on cardboard
Dimensions: H 65 cm x W 33 cm approx.
Description:
The female body is reimagined through a composit...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
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. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Tempera
Ceremonial Dancers oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Artwork measures 48" x 30" and framed 56 ¼" x 38 ¼" x 3"
Provenance:
John Heller Gallery, NYC, circa 1975 (label verso)
The artist's daughter
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL (1990)...
Category
1940s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Squating Girl
Located in Paris, IDF
Tempera, ink & egg emulsion
Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University of Education Iwamiza...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Emulsion, Canvas, Ink, Tempera
Pizza Shark 2 v 2
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Tempera Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Tempera, Permanent Marker
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera, Ink
In the Dentist's Chair, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, In The Dentist’s Chair, published on October 19, 1957, embodies Ard’s characteristic wit and attention to detail. The young man, still wearing a toy pistol in a holster, seems to have been torn from playing a cowboy with his friends. Having just completed his x-rays, which hang on the wall behind him, the boy awaits the arrival of the dentist to determine his fate.
Interestingly, the Post editors empathize with the dentist rather than the patient. The Post describes: “Dentists are to be pitied. How would you like to be greeted by horrified faces like this from morn till night throughout your professional career? Dentists are kindly, humane souls who love their fellowmen, minister constructively to their grinders, and seldom hurt the faint-hearts much while doing it–yet their only reward, besides a fee, is those eternal faces, staring, staring upward as if at an ogre. Next time you go to a D.D.S., smile at him; and if he doesn’t faint, maybe he’ll pull a couple of your teeth for nothing. Kurt Ard...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Reindeer In The Forest Chinese
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Reindeer In Forest
Tempera on silk, gold leaf frame under glass, by Chinese artist Ma Hai Feng born 1958.
Category
1980s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Silk, Egg Tempera
Surreal Eskimo Fairy Tale - Indigenous People Folklore Story-Teller
Located in Miami, FL
This work celebrates the customs and folklore of Indigenous People / Eskimo native life. Illustrator Gianni Benvenuti shows a partially clothed Eskimo man lying on his back in a tran...
Category
1960s Surrealist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Christmas Tree, Original Holiday Greeting Card Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original holiday greeting card Illustration of a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and bows.
Medium: Egg Tempera on Gesso Panel
Signature: Unsigned
Charlotte Joan Sternberg was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1920. Early on, she became interested in art, and her parents encouraged her efforts. She attended public schools in the area, as well as taking art classes at the technical school. Afterwards, she attended the Yale School of Art. Her fellow classmates included Rudolph Zallinger, who executed the dinosaur mural at the Peabody Museum in New Haven; Jean Day Zallinger, renowned book illustrator; and Edward Paier, founder of the Paier College of Art. It was there that she became interested in egg tempera, and most of her well-known artwork was done in this medium. She was one of a number of Yale artists who revived this medium.(She did not work professionally in oils, although she sometimes used gouache or watercolor.)
She went on to a long career in commercial illustration. She worked extensively for J.Walter Thompson, doing advertising art for such companies as Esso (later Exxon), Textron, and Lederle pharmaceuticals. While she did a variety of subjects, she was best known for her Americana themes, particularly snow scenes of historic New England. Many of these pieces were published as Christmas cards for American Artists Group. She also taught for many years at the Paier College of Art.
She also did a number of limited edition prints for Greenwich Workshop. Her art is used on such items as tapestry pillows, puzzles, and decorative flags. She was commissioned to do several portraits, including those of Gov.John...
Category
1960s Tempera Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Egg Tempera, Panel
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Japanese Contemporary Art by M. Takanashi - Fascinated by the Brilliance of Life
Located in Paris, IDF
Tempera and gold lieaf on canvas
Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University of Education Iwa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
View of Piazza San Marco, a tempera signed by Giacomo Guardi (1764 - 1835)
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed and localized on the verso :
"Vedute di parte dalla Piazza dif.a alla Loggetta e cam
panil parte della Zecca ed in lontan Proc.e vechie e parte della chiesa
punto preso vic...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Tempera Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Drowning Out the Sea
Located in Dallas, TX
A Professor of painting at Southern Methodist University in Dallas since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy before receiving a Magistero degree in printmaking at t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
"Jekyll Becomes Hyde" Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed "Chwast" in Pencil Lower Right
"Jekyll Becomes Hyde." Original illustration for a German edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, (Frankfu...
Category
1990s Tempera Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tempera
St. Atomic 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.”
Exhibited
1950 University of Illinois at Urbana "Contemporary American Painting"
1964 Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
This work retains its original frame which measures 54" x 36" x 2".
About this artist: 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 Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
The Magician 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.”
Exhibited
1964 Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
This work retains its original frame which measures 54" x 42" x 2"
About this artist: 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 Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
Georgian Contemporary Art by Manana Eloshvili - Dutch Daisies
Located in Paris, IDF
Tempera on canvas
Manana Eloshvili is a Georgian artist born in 1962 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since 1999, she is a member of the Georgian Artists Union. At the begin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Georgian Contemporary Art by Manana Eloshvili - Still Life with Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Tempera on canvas
Manana Eloshvili is a Georgian artist born in 1962 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since 1999, she is a member of the Georgian Artists Union. At the begin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Studiolo delle meraviglie
By Edward Henry Corbould
Located in Milano, IT
This extraordinary watercolor and tempera on paper, signed Edward Corbould R.A. (Royal Academy) and dated 1894, testifies to the English painter's refined mastery of still life and h...
Category
1890s English School Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Tenement house - XXI Century, Gouache on paper, Architecture, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
PIOTR FĄFROWICZ (born in 1958). He studied art history at the Catholic University of Lublin. He deals with painting and graphic design. Winner of numer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Tempera Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Gouache
White Dawn
By John Little
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Egg emulsion on fiberglass. Signed and dated upper left and verso; titled verso.
49 x 48 in.
49.75 x 49 in. (framed)
Custom framed in hickory.
Provenance
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Born in Alabama, John Little attended the Buffalo (NY) Fine Arts Academy as a teenager, until 1927. Soon after, he moved to New York where he began operatic vocal training and opened what would become a very successful textile business designing fabric and wallpaper.
In 1933, he enrolled at the Art Students League under the tutelage of George Grosz. Little’s early work consisted predominantly of landscapes, until 1937, when he began studying under Hans Hofmann and his work naturally shifted toward abstraction. During his time with Hofmann, he with artists such as Lee Krasner, George McNeil, Gerome Kamrowski, Giorgio Cavallon...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Fiberglass, Egg Tempera
$30,000
Pewter
Located in Fairfield, CT
Much of Bennett Vadnais’ subject matter comes from his surroundings in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With a strong background in plein air landscape painting, Vadnais finds an interesting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Tempera Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media, Tempera
Landscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a coeval wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 48.5x58.5.
Category
1960s Contemporary Tempera Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed lower right: "Atherton", inscribed "John Atherton Original Tempera 7/28/50" on verso.
Artwork measures 16" x 20" and framed 20" x 24" x 2 ½"
About this artists: John Atherton (1900-1952) did not show an early aptitude for art; rather, his first love was nature and the activities he relished there, mainly fishing and hunting. Born in Brainerd, Minnesota in 1900, he learned to fish with his father from the age of four. Later the family moved to Spokane, Washington, and when he was old enough, Atherton worked at a variety of jobs to help support his family. One such job, in the sorting plant of a lead and silver mine, paid $4.25 a day—a good wage, though he never had time to spend his money, since he worked seven days a week.
After serving in the Navy for a year during World War I, Atherton was determined to get an education. He worked as a sign painter and played the banjo in a dance band, finally accumulating enough money to enroll in the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Once there, he worked like a fiend, attending classes both during the day and at night, getting the best training available.
Though he had always intended to be a fine artist, Atherton’s first jobs were for commercial art firms. In 1929, using the prize money won for a painting he entered in an art competition, Atherton and his wife moved to New York City. Though the economic situation was difficult in those years, he managed to keep going by taking commissions for magazine illustrations, and over the years he would paint more than forty covers for The Saturday Evening Post.
In 1938, an artist friend suggested that he use the same flat, decorative style as his commercial work for his gallery paintings. This was a breakthrough for Atherton; soon afterwards he held a one-man show at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, and his paintings began to be collected by museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Atherton’s reputation increased to a national scale when he designed the art deco stone lithograph poster for the 1939 World’s Fair that strikingly depicted Earth and its atmospheric layers in the lap of Liberty.
Atherton was highly influenced by the magic realist...
Category
1950s Modern Tempera Paintings
Materials
Masonite, 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
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