Koo Schadler
Koo Schadler is an American painter known for egg tempera, metalpoint drawings, works on prepared paper and rigid panels, and teaching traditional methods.
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Michael Bergt
Michael Bergt is an American painter known for egg-tempera figures on panels, often paired with acrylic or gold leaf and imagery drawn from mythology.
Michael Bergt quick facts
Michael Bergt's documented panel paintings combine egg tempera with finely rendered figures, gold-leaf embellishments, and occasional acrylic media.
| Born | 1956 |
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| Died | — |
| Nationality | American |
| Movements | — |
| Paint types | Egg tempera · Acrylic paint |
| Painting surfaces | Painting panels · Paper (gouache) |
| Painting methods | Careful figurative rendering in egg tempera on panels; acrylic passages and applied gold leaf in selected paintings |
| Common subjects | Human figures, mythology, Renaissance-inspired compositions, elaborate patterns, and symbolic narratives |
| Other materials | Gold leaf on prepared painting panels and in works on paper |
| Notable works | Venus · Held · Balance of Power |
Sources: Nüart Gallery: biography, egg-tempera practice and imagery, Rehs Contemporary: biography and egg-tempera panels, Rehs Contemporary: Venus, egg tempera on panel, Nüart Gallery / Artsy: Held, egg tempera and gold leaf on panel, Southwest Contemporary: Balance of Power, egg tempera and acrylic on a panel, American Art Collector: contemporary egg tempera, gouache, and gold leaf, and Nüart Gallery: working themes and painting context.
Paint types used by Michael Bergt
Records document Michael Bergt’s use of Egg tempera, Acrylic paint, with examples below linking each medium to a specific work and its role in the image.
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Egg tempera
Bergt’s Venus and Held are documented as egg tempera on panel. He builds their precise, figurative surfaces in thin layers, using the quick-drying binder for detailed transitions and crisp edges. The museum records identify egg tempera explicitly, distinguishing it from his later mixed use of acrylic.
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Acrylic paint
Bergt’s Balance of Power is cataloged as egg tempera and acrylic on panel. The two media appear together in a single painting, showing his use of acrylic alongside the traditional tempera binder rather than as a synonym for it. The work retains his controlled, finely modeled figures.
Sources: Nüart Gallery: biography, egg-tempera practice and imagery, Rehs Contemporary: biography and egg-tempera panels, Rehs Contemporary: Venus, egg tempera on panel, Nüart Gallery / Artsy: Held, egg tempera and gold leaf on panel, Southwest Contemporary: Balance of Power, egg tempera and acrylic on a panel, American Art Collector: contemporary egg tempera, gouache, and gold leaf, and Nüart Gallery: working themes and painting context.
Painting surfaces used by Michael Bergt
Michael Bergt's documented works use painting board, paper; examples distinguish the painted surface from its support or object in each cited work.
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Painting Board
Bergt paints egg tempera on prepared panels, using a rigid surface suited to fine detail and carefully controlled layers. The panel supports his precise figures and clean edges, and collection records identify it for works such as Venus and Held.
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Paper
Bergt’s gouache paintings and drawings use paper, providing a portable surface for opaque color and preliminary work. These sheets are distinct from the prepared panels used for his egg-tempera paintings; the material distinction is documented in his collection records. The collection records distinguish these sheets from panels.
Sources: Nüart Gallery: biography, egg-tempera practice and imagery, Rehs Contemporary: biography and egg-tempera panels, Rehs Contemporary: Venus, egg tempera on panel, Nüart Gallery / Artsy: Held, egg tempera and gold leaf on panel, Southwest Contemporary: Balance of Power, egg tempera and acrylic on a panel.
Painters similar to Michael Bergt
Bergt's egg-tempera figures connect him to painters who use prepared panels, precise detail, and symbolic imagery within traditional painting techniques.
Robert Vickrey
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Fred Wessel
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Paul Cadmus
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