Gouache

Scope note

Opaque water-based paint, usually composed of pigment in gum arabic plus a white material that increases opacity; may be used for heightening works in aquarelle or for whole paintings.

This term has 343 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300070114

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Created

13yrs ago

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Listening

Maker(s)

Calligrapher: Noble, Mary

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Fairy's Song

Maker(s)

Calligrapher: Pilsbury, Joan

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Autumn evening on the river, by Liu Dubai

Maker(s)

Calligrapher: Leiper, Susie

Iris

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Kirschner, Friedrich

Pink and white Damask (?) roses with buds

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Lomatysch, J. F.

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Composition, Brown and Red

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Scott, William

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"Le Torrent"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Moreau, Louis Gabriel (Moreau the elder)

An image of Drawing

The Spanish Fountain, 1912

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Sargent, John Singer

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A brown stone vase of flowers with a bird's nest on a marble slab

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Spaendonck, Gerard van

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A blue vase of pink & white roses, iris, tulip, poppy & other flowers, on a stone slab partially covered by a white cloth, with dianthus & a birds nest with eggs

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Vallayer-Coster, Anne

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A sculptured vase with fruit & flowers on a marble slab

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Spaendonck, Gerard van

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A tall basket of pink & white roses parrot-tulips, campanula, poppy & other flowers, on a marble slab

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Berjon, Antoine

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Te Faruru

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gauguin, Paul

Harvest waggon by moonlight

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Hoppner, John

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Huy on the Meuse

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William

An image of PD.1048-1973_1_201504_jas244_dc1.jpg

A basket of flowers with fruit (grapes peach & plumb) on a grassy bank, with landscape background

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Dael, Jan Frans van

Slave boat on the Nile

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Roberts, David

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A prince, probably the Emperor Babur, seated in a pavilion in a garden, with six attendants

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Love Birds

Maker(s)

Publisher: Dobbs, Henry

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Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Kershaw, George

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