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Tempera Painting Through Time

Invaluable

Composed primarily of pigment and the yolk of an egg to serve as the fixative, tempera afforded artists from antiquity to the Renaissance with vibrant, saturated color and surprising compositional longevity. Italian artist Coppo di Marcovaldo s Christ on the Cross (c. From Giotto di Bondone s Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (c.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Paintings, Hot Wheels, Vintage Photobooks

WorthPoint

A particularly evocative oil on canvas—possibly by Russian artist Sergei Alekseyevich Korovin—depicted an enlisted soldier shaving what appeared to be his officer, a daily duty no doubt as tedious as it was humbling. On a lighter note, a cheerful watercolor street scene signed “A. Measuring 23.75″ x 16.5″

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Presents Nearly 50 of Winslow Homer’s Watercolors Together for First Time in Decades

The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor On View November 2, 2025–January 19, 2026 American artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910) transformed the medium of watercolor [.]

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An Attic Discovery Reveals the Moment Man Ray Went Avant-Garde

Artnet News

The 1913 watercolor sketch offers rare insight into the Surrealist icon’s early artistic breakthrough. It heads to auction this week. The post An Attic Discovery Reveals the Moment Man Ray Went Avant-Garde appeared first on Artnet News.

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Single-Owner Sale Is a Winner

Maine Antique Digest

Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions This watercolor of a Bermuda cottage, 13¾" x 19¾", by Boston artist Henry Webster Rice (1853-1934) was a highlight of the images of the island. It sold for $2074 (est. 1000/1500). A single-owner collection of fine arts at Tremont Auctions’ May 5 auction in the

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William Prinsep Macao watercolors and Michel Jean Cazabon works depicting colonial Trinidad were top earners at Bonhams

Auction Central News

LONDON — Two watercolors of the Portuguese colony of Macao by the British colonial artist William Prinsep sold for record sums in Bonhams’ Travel & Exploration sale June 12.

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Seven 19th-century watercolors by Trinidadian artist Michel Jean Cazabon offered at Bonhams now through June 12

Auction Central News

LONDON — A collection of seven watercolors by Trinidadian artist Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888) is included in Bonhams’ Travel & Exploration timed auction that runs online until Wednesday, June 12.