Tempera Artists

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Tempera Artists

225 works at MoMA 8 nationalities

Leading Artists in Tempera

  1. 32 Jacob Lawrence American
  2. 25 Batiste Madalena American
  3. 23 Karl Free American
  4. 18 Charles Rain American
  5. 10 Howard Hodgkin British
  6. 7 Ben Shahn American
  7. 7 Anna Andreeva Russian
  8. 6 Pavel Tchelitchew American
  9. 5 Mark Tobey American
  10. 4 Morris Graves American

National Distribution

NationalityWorksShare
American14966.2%
British114.9%
Russian94%
Argentine83.6%
German73.1%
French62.7%
Italian62.7%
Israeli41.8%

Classification Sub-types

Classification Works Share
Drawing 100 44.4%
Painting 88 39.1%
Design 11 4.9%
Illustrated Book 10 4.4%
Print 8 3.6%
Architecture 6 2.7%
Installation 1 0.4%
Frank Lloyd Wright Archive 1 0.4%

Department Distribution

  • European Paintings (MET) — 247
  • Egyptian Art (MET) — 203
  • Robert Lehman Collection (MET) — 122
  • Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 117
  • Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 65
  • Medieval Art (MET) — 42
  • Film (MOMA) — 25
  • The Cloisters (MET) — 25
  • Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 18
  • Asian Art (MET) — 12

Production by Decade

2
0s
1
1900s
3
1910s
36
1920s
57
1930s
61
1940s
26
1950s
20
1960s
5
1970s
2
1980s
11
1990s
1
2020s

Physical Scale Distribution

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)125.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)15572.1%
Large (1–3 m)4721.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)10.5%

Artist Birth Cohorts

2
1850–1874
22
1875–1899
37
1900–1924
14
1925–1949
3
1950–1974

Gender of Artists Working in Tempera

  • Male — 71
  • Female — 8

Met Cultural Context

CultureCountryMet Records
Egypt201
ItalianItaly34
Japan12
SpanishSpain10
Italian9
FrenchFrance8
Italian, Siena6
Italian, Florence5
Spanish3
South NetherlandishNetherlands2

On View Now

7 Tempera works currently installed in Met galleries

Notable Highlights

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis · 1266–75

Italian, Umbria

Madonna and Child

Duccio di Buoninsegna · ca. 1290–1300

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone · possibly ca. 1320

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

Jean Pucelle · ca. 1324–28

French · France

Madonna and Child

Simone Martini · ca. 1326

Saint Andrew

Simone Martini · ca. 1326

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) · ca. 1325–30

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George · ca. 1330–35

Italian · France