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National Museum of American Illustration
Sandro Botticelli
At the height of his fame, the Florentine painter and draughtsman Sandro Botticelli was one of the most esteemed artists in Italy. His graceful pictures of the Madonna and Child, his altarpieces and his life-size mythological paintings, such as ‘Venus and Mars’, were immensely popular in his lifetime. source
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh was an American painter, renowned for his depictions of New York street life throughout the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression. ArtNet
George Tooker
George Tooker was an American artist known for his Social Realist tempera paintings of mid-century New York. Many of Tooker’s works, such as The Subway (1950), focused on urban loneliness and disillusionment, in which figures seen trapped by their surroundings. ArtNet
Robert Vickrey
Robert Vickrey was a crucial figure in the mid-twentieth-century renaissance of egg tempera, a demanding technique he explored over six decades.
Michael Bergt
“Michael Bergt has worked primarily in egg tempera for over thirty years. He co-founded The Society of Tempera Painters and served as the organization’s president for twelve years. Working primarily with the human figure, Michael’s paintings refer to a range of interests, including classical myths, sensuality, the human condition, and topical events. He is represented by Nuart Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.”
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century.1
Koo Schadler
Artist Statement
I became an artist out of my love for beauty, craftsmanship, traditional methods, and the natural world. These inspirations are fundamental to my work. My primary mediums are egg tempera and metalpoint. Both are developed gradually through many, many thoughtfully applied layers. I am suited to the meditative, persistent layering required by these mediums.
My goal as a painter is to respectfully convey something essential about my subjects, as well as make a purely pleasing feast for the eyes. I am trying, as best I’m able, to create unaffected, beautiful imagery. As I teacher, I want to share practical, effective ways of working with old-fashioned mediums and old master design with artists who, as do I, love traditional art.