Art by Medium: Tempera

Signed Lower Left by Artist Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, April 23, 1960

Some time ago Evgeniy bet with his good friend that he could paint a painting where about half of it would be pure white primer but painting will look finished anyway. So this story ...

Once upon a time where is a girl who loved tangerines most of all, sometimes it seemed that she herself was a tangerine princess - in the evening light her skin seemed orange and smells of tangerines. Experimental work done on black paper with industrial marker and tempera. *** In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov...

Portrait II, 2022 Collage, tempera on paper 29.5 H x 21 W cm Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper, textiles, pieces of plastic, found or made objects, which intertwine on the paper support and as in a well-controlled and thought puzzle give birth to a new universe. The new series of collages...

Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf Kuchynka, “České obrazy tabulové ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Památky archeologické, vol. 31 (1919), pp. 62-64, fig. 5. Jaroslav Pešina, “K datování deskových obrazů ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Ročenka Kruhu pro Pěstování Dějin Umění: za rok (1934), pp. 131-137. Jaroslav Pešina, Pozdně gotické deskové malířství v Čechách, Prague, 1940, pp. 150-151, 220. Patrik Šimon, Jindřich Waldes: sběratel umění, Prague, 2001, pp. 166, 168, footnote 190. Ivo Hlobil, “Tři gotické obrazy ze sbírky Jindřicha Waldese,” Umění, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), p. 369. Executed sometime in the 1380s or 1390s by a close associate of the Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, this impressive panel is a rare work created at the royal court in Prague and a significant re-discovery for the corpus of early Bohemian painting. It has emerged from an American collection, descendants of the celebrated Czech industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes, who died in Havana fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. The distinctive visual tradition of the Bohemian school first began to take shape in the middle of the fourteenth century after Charles IV—King of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor—established Prague as a major artistic center. The influx of foreign artists and the importation of significant works of art from across Europe had a profound influence on the development of a local pictorial style. Early Italian paintings, especially those by Sienese painters and Tommaso da Modena (who worked at Charles IV’s court), had a considerable impact on the first generation of Bohemian painters. Although this influence is still felt in the brilliant gold ground and the delicate tooling of the present work, the author of this painting appears to be responding more to the paintings of his predecessors in Prague than to foreign influences. This Resurrection of Christ employs a compositional format that was popular throughout the late medieval period but was particularly pervasive in Bohemian painting. Christ is shown sitting atop a pink marble sarcophagus, stepping down onto the ground with one bare foot. He blesses the viewer with his right hand, while in his left he holds a triumphal cross with a fluttering banner, symbolizing his victory over death. Several Roman soldiers doze at the base of the tomb, except for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a face of bewilderment as Christ emerges from his tomb. Christ is wrapped in a striking red robe with a blue interior lining, the colors of which vary subtly in the changing light. He stands out prominently against the gold backdrop, which is interrupted only by the abstractly rendered landscape and trees on either side of him. The soldiers’ armor is rendered in exacting detail, the cool gray of the metal contrasting with the earth tones of the outer garments. The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewhat resembling a cartouche (Fig. 1). This may be a heraldic device of the altarpiece’s patron or it may signify evil, referencing either the Roman soldiers or death, over both of which Christ triumphs. This painting formed part of the collection assembled by the Czech industrialist and founder of the Waldes Koh-i-noor Company, Jindřich Waldes, in the early twentieth century. As a collector he is best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons (totaling nearly 70,000 items), as well as for being the primary patron of the modernist painter František Kupka. Waldes was also an avid collector of older art, and he approached his collecting activity with the goal of creating an encyclopedic collection of Czech art from the medieval period through to the then-present day. At the conclusion of two decades of collecting, his inventory counted 2331 paintings and drawings, 4764 prints, and 162 sculptures. This collection, which constituted the Waldesova Obrazárna (Waldes Picture Gallery), was first displayed in Waldes’ home in Prague at 44 Americká Street and later at his newly built Villa Marie at 12 Koperníkova Street. This Resurrection of Christ retains its frame from the Waldes Picture Gallery, including its original plaque “173 / Česky malíř z konce 14 stol.” (“Czech painter from the end of the 14th century”) and Waldes’ collection label on the reverse. The Resurrection of Christ was one of the most significant late medieval panel...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Shulman, Morris (American, 1912-1978). UNTITLED. Casein on paper, circa 1951. Signed, lower left. 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches, framed to 23 x 30 inches. In excellent condition. Shulman st...

The cabbage that sheltered the golden lion is a picture drawn in folk style. A beautiful lion and a magical angel will help in life situations.

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...

This original painting is hand signed by the artist "Scheiber H" in the lower left corner, and dated "1940" below the signature. Exhibited: Hugo Scheiber - Bela Kadar, Galerie Le Mi...

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...

Zombie girl and scissors 50x50cm.Tempera/canvas

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 ...

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...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Much of Bennett Vadnais’ subject matter comes from his surroundings in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With a strong background in plein air ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"The Final Judgment." Illustration for the same-titled story published in The Saturday Evening Post, with their stamp on verso, circa 1960. Signed in image, lower left (disguised as ...

Seating on Armchair 1, nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio. In mat an...

The Pilgrim, 2022 collage, tempera, ink on paper 56.5 H x 40.5 W cm Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pie...

Architectural landscape painting by Anthony V. Martin of a white house with a lovely green velvet mat and a gold frame. Artist Biography: Anthony V. Martin grew up in east Texas. H...

Venetian painter (early 19th century) - Venice, view of the gardens with the Coffee House towards the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. 15 x 23 cm without frame, 22 x 30 cm with...

Jean Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Theater Costume : Allegory of Spring and Little Dog Original ink and watercolor drawing Handsigned bottom right On ...

The Reaper, 2022 collage, tempera on paper 56.5 H x 40.5 W cm Signed on reverse Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and...

“Water is soft and supple, but also hard and inflexible.It flows or is still. It is silent and loud; it possesses every nature. Pure and clear, muddy and blind, wet and dry, salty an...

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...

Egyptian Queen is an artwork realized by an unknown in mid-20th Century. Tempera on Papyrus. 77 x 51 cm ; 94 x 48 cm with frame. Good conditions!

Seating on Armchair, nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Size is 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm on heavy watercolor paper, with ultramari...

"Silence", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio....

The Whale Hunter, 2022 collage, tempera on paper 70 H x 50 W cm Signed in the middle on the right side Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and su...

A rare Ink on Paper nude figure drawing by Milton Hebald, beautifully executed on a lovely blue Italian rag paper. Given the stylization, it is likely a study for one of his sculptures. Hebald is regarded as one of the most important American figurative sculptors...

Signed Lower Right by Artist The Saturday Evening Post Cover, September 23, 1944 A proponent of simplicity as a virtue, Stevan Dohan...

"Studies" is an original drawing in tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by an in the early 20th Century and attributed to Augusto Monari . The state of preservation of the a...

"Summertime", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's stu...

Signed and dated "Vytlacil 38" lower left, and signed and dated verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist #1602; Martin Diamond Fine Art About this artist: Born in 1892 to Czechoslov...

Shop "Returning Life" by Tapas Das, an Indian contemporary artist. This one-of-a-kind contemporary artwork is made with tempera on paper medium. Artwork Description: The constant us...

Egg Tempera and Watercolour Pencil on Watercolour Paper, signed and dated '2011' bottom right Image size: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm) Mounted Exhibitions American Artists Abroad The Bennington Center For The Arts Bennington, Vermont Grey afternoon London light streams through the saddled glass...

REX BANDY Untitled Tempera on panel 21.5 x 14.5 inches Framed: 22.5 x 15.5 inches

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Much of Bennett Vadnais’ subject matter comes from his surroundings in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With a strong background in plein air ...

Less populated than any other part of the country, Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, is every nature lover's dream. Its wild and untouched landscapes are home to six incredible national parks. Thus, the huge island has a rich wildlife that you can enjoy like nowhere else in Japan. This original beautiful painting was created on a high-quality canvas (80/60 cm) with a palette knife, using Tempera and environmentally friendly oil colors with natural pigment. The painting was created in a unique individual technique in the impressionism style. The impasto painting style, achieved with a palette knife, gives the piece incredible depth and texture, creating a feeling of complete contact with nature. It does not require a frame. Painting is covered with UV varnish. Signed back. Ready to hang. Сontemporary Art. One-of-a-Kind Painting (only one piece worldwide). Certificate is attached. This artwork is from a series of paintings that heal your space. About the artist: Vik Schroeder...

Oil, tempera, acrylic, Japanese mineral pigment, gold leaf on paneled linen Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Mu...

"Entangled", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Couple in love. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, ...

Tempera on board painting titled 'The Carved Door' by Archie Musick, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Depicts a semi-abstract landscape with flora and fauna. Presented...

Cultures across Europe and Asia Minor saw the killing of a boar as proof of one's valor and strength. In this painting the boar is depicted as the sufferer whereas the other elements...

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...

Agata Lewandowska Mista ; Love ; Acrylic and tempera on canvas ; Signed artwork ; Unique

"Summer Blue", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Nude shown in a Victorian interior, in a cinematic view. In a distorted ...

Pharaoh is an artwork realized by an unknown in mid-20th Century. Tempera on Papyrus. 33 x 87 cm ; 49 x 103 cm with frame. Good conditions!

Egg Tempera on Watercolour Paper, signed and dated '2012'  bottom right Image size: 16 x 20 inches (40.5 x 51 cm) Exhibitions Haggin Museum Stockton, California A neoclassic archit...

This painting is inspired by the colours of an old Persian carpet and its background, jal, with its colour schemes have been subtly incorporated here. The panther represents the raw,...