Loading Spinner

Charlotte Joan Sternberg Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1920 - d. 2003

Charlotte Sternberg, a wonderful artist who brought a smile to faces all over the world through her art. Charlotte is known for her New England scenes on Christmas cards and her paintings of Americana.

Charlotte's paintings were done in egg tempera in the traditional Renaissance methods. Charlotte learned how to paint in egg tempera at Yale Art School. Pure ground pigments are mixed with egg yolk and painted on a traditional plaster ground (true gesso). Egg tempera is also referred to as secco (dry) fresco, to distinguish it from buon (good) fresco done on wet plaster.

Read Full Artist Biography

About Charlotte Joan Sternberg

b. 1920 - d. 2003

Biography

Charlotte Sternberg, a wonderful artist who brought a smile to faces all over the world through her art. Charlotte is known for her New England scenes on Christmas cards and her paintings of Americana.

Charlotte's paintings were done in egg tempera in the traditional Renaissance methods. Charlotte learned how to paint in egg tempera at Yale Art School. Pure ground pigments are mixed with egg yolk and painted on a traditional plaster ground (true gesso). Egg tempera is also referred to as secco (dry) fresco, to distinguish it from buon (good) fresco done on wet plaster.