Beyond the Exhibition

The first thing I used to think of when I heard the word tempera was that powdered paint we used in elementary school. Of course I didn’t know then that tempera (paint using a binder of protein such as egg or milk) can be traced back to ancient Egyptian culture, or that it was the [...]

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1930s and 40s, American Art History, american scene Painters, murals, museum practice, Painting conservation, Painting Technique, Regionalism, Tempera painting, Thomas Hart Benton, Zoltan Sepeshy