gesso n gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) Usage(s) He set the planks edge to edge, smoothed them, and then brushed on a white gesso base. Such is George Tooker, 46, who works painstakingly in the 14th century Florentine medium of egg tempera on gesso panels. Varda used to work on gesso (a smooth-surfaced, white mixture of rabbit glue and whiting solution) and with mosaics.
News & Articles gesso Robert Indiana's unique wood sculptures on view at Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich Indiana (c. 1979). Oil, gesso, iron, antlers, wood assemblage. Herm: 208 x 91.4 x 61 cm / 81.9 x 36 x 24 inches. Wheel diameter : 280 cm / 110.2 inches. Photo: Sabine Brauer. June 12, 2013 - Art Daily