Paints composed of pigments ground to an extremely fine texture in an aqueous solution of gum Arabic or gum tragacanth. The absence of white fillers, such as those in gouache, creates a medium with luminous transparency.
Works
12 works online
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Chris Ofili Untitled 1998
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Georgia O'Keeffe Evening Star No. III 1917
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Diego Rivera May Day, Moscow 1928
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Gladys Nilsson People Houses 1967
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (Elevation) 1945
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Charles Demuth Corn and Peaches 1929
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Charles Burchfield Rogues' Gallery 1916
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Edward Hopper Box Factory, Gloucester 1928
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Otto Dix Self-Portrait (Selbstporträt) 1922
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Elizabeth Peyton John 1971 (1997)
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Marc Chagall Gypsy. Costume design for Scene I of the ballet Aleko 1942
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Maria Lassnig Untitled 1998-2001
Magazine
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Georgia O’Keeffe Leaves a Paper Trail
The artist’s choice of paper for her drawings and watercolors tells a story all by itself.Apr 4, 2023 -
UNIQLO ArtSpeaks
Kiko Aebi on Paul Cézanne’s Foliage
A watercolor from the turn of the 20th century straddles the line between abstraction and representation.Aug 20, 2021 -
The Beauty and Life of Materiality: On Cézanne’s Drawings
Read an exclusive excerpt from the exhibition catalogue Cézanne Drawing, about the artist who wanted to “astonish Paris with an apple.”Jun 10, 2021
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