Tony Scherman Art
Canadian, b. 1950
Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax and oil (one of the most difficult mediums to work in).
Scherman frequently alludes to the grandeur of past centuries, both in his subject matter and his technique of painting with encaustic. The artist is continuing a tradition, of working with this material, that has been propelled through art history by a diverse number of canonical artists including Pieter Claesz, Caravaggio, and Cézanne.to
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Artist: Tony Scherman
Jocasta - Seduction of Oedipus (aka "Jocasta Blue")
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic (one of the most dif...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Europa's Revenge
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...
Category
1990s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic
Milan Still Life
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...
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My Girlfriend Ophelia: The Cream of Denmark
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...
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Karen K.
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and celebrated Canadian artists working today. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic –...
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2010s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
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Encaustic, Giclée, Monoprint
Untitled
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is excited to be offering this elegant Tony Scherman landscape painting. Landscapes are a quite rare in the artist's oeuvre and they infrequently appear on the secondary mar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
$14,500
Baptism of Bacchus
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the mos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Encaustic
Brigitte Bardot
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. Scherman's sumptuous portraits (whether contemporary, historical or allegorical) reference art hi...
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1990s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
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Etching
Ciao Gaia
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is excited to be offering this epic Tony Scherman landscape painting.
While landscapes are an important part of the artist's oeuvre, they do not come on the secondary market very often.
Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax and oil (one of the most difficult mediums to work in).
Scherman frequently alludes to the grandeur of past centuries, both in his subject matter and his technique of painting with encaustic. The artist is continuing a tradition, of working with this material, that has been propelled through art history by a diverse number of canonical artists including Pieter Claesz, Caravaggio, and Cézanne.
"Ciao Gaia...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
$39,500
Secret Life of Robespierre
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (b. 1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, frequently executed in encaustic (one of the mo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
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Aquatint
Conversations with the Devil: Peonies
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and distinctive Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the mo...
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2010s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
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Screen
My Girlfriend Ophelia
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Giclée, Monoprint, Encaustic
Ballerina
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic (one of the most dif...
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2010s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
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Screen
Eagle
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
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Screen
$6,500
Bergamo Still Life
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...
Category
1990s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Encaustic
My Mummy Jocasta
By Tony Scherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists.
He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in the highly temperamental medium of encaustic, which is a wax-based paint equivalent.
Scherman's moody palette and sumptuous portraits (whether contemporary, historical or allegorical) reference a range of masters, including Goya and Manet, yet his works are visceral and contemporary. Scherman's allusions to both history, and the history of visual art, are constants in his oeuvre.
This work, which depicts Oedipus' mother/lover Jocasta in carnal ecstasy, comes from one of the artist's most recognizable series, The Seduction of Oedipus.
"Oedipus Rex" is an ancient text...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Tony Scherman Art
Materials
Encaustic, Giclée
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