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Recent Examples of aquatint
In Loewe’s flagship store, in Madrid, a colorful abstract aquatint by Howard Hodgkin, more than twenty feet in length, hangs opposite the main entrance.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
The aquatints are presumed to be from an original Bodmer collection.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Although Picasso had little formal training, his curiosity drove him to explore etchings, lithographs, aquatints and linocuts.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Like any new technology, aquatint, in its earliest days, embraced an idealism, found in prints depicting fantasies of classical antiquity.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
An 1879 etching-aquatint-drypoint by Felix Hilaire Buhot tells the story of a deadly two-week cold snap in Paris.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Oct. 2019
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
The aquatints are presumed to be from an original Bodmer collection.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Although Picasso had little formal training, his curiosity drove him to explore etchings, lithographs, aquatints and linocuts.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Like any new technology, aquatint, in its earliest days, embraced an idealism, found in prints depicting fantasies of classical antiquity.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
An 1879 etching-aquatint-drypoint by Felix Hilaire Buhot tells the story of a deadly two-week cold snap in Paris.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aquatint
Noun
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In 1948, an etching of them celebrating with their family around the evergreen was published in the Illustrated London News.—
Rachel Burchfield,
PEOPLE,
24 Dec. 2025
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Designed by Tiffany and Co., each medallion features an etching of the center on one side with rainbow colors running through it.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Bring your own artwork and supplies (acrylic, oil, or watercolor) to work with Alex and fellow artists.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Dec. 2025
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This month, Davis painted the Christmas tree inside the Union Station and included a watercolor sticker of the Shuttlecock at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The suit, made of a charcoal gray tweed with a subtle green plaid pattern, featured a long blazer jacket and a maxiskirt with a slit up the back.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
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Visitors cannot enter the repositories, but walkways along the exterior allow close views of the austere wooden structures and their distinctive clay-and-charcoal foundations.—
Navya Verma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
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Instead, people are requesting the sort of hand-engraving and antique-cut gems in which Lubeck specializes.—
Emilia Petrarca,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
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Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2025
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Sunrise yoga There’s a moment, right before the sun lifts, when the sky fills with strips of pastel, a warm-up.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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This new coated canvas comes in the historic dark brown color and four pastel shades.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Aquatint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aquatint. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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