Fred Wessel

 
Fred Wessel was born in New York in 1946. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts and is a professor at the Hartford Art School where he teaches drawing, egg tempera painting and lithography.

He currently co-directs Workshops in Italy, bringing small groups of artists and art-lovers to Tuscany and Umbria to paint and study the Italian Renaissance.

Fred is represented by the Sherry French Gallery in NYC and the Arden Gallery in Boston, MA.

His work is included in many private and public collections including, The Museum of Modern Art, NY; The Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; The Library of Congress; The Wichita Museum of Art, KS; Smith College Museum, MA; The University of Tianjin Fine Arts College, People's Republic of China.

 

Egg tempera painting

 

Egg tempera painting

"La Giovanotta"
Egg tempera with gold leaf

 

Egg tempera painting

"La Festa"
Egg tempera with gold leaf

Egg tempera painting

Detail from La Festa

 

Egg tempera painting

"Angel's Trumpet"
Egg tempera with gold leaf

 

Egg tempera painting

"Molleye"
Egg tempera with oil glazes

 

Egg tempera painting

"Gloxinia"
Egg tempera with gold leaf and oil glazes

 

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