1
: a method of painting with opaque watercolors
2
a
: a picture painted by gouache
b
: the pigment used in gouache
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The first iteration of the lottery was won by Jeffrey Gonano, a 25-year-old man from a suburb of Pittsburgh, who won a L’Homme au Gibus (1914), also a gouache on paper.
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Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The gouache-on-paper was painted by the artist in 1941.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The gouache on paper was painted by Picasso in 1941.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The gouache-on-paper was painted by the artist in 1941.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The gouache on paper was painted by Picasso in 1941.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Gouache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gouache. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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