Thesaurus results for AQUATINT

aquatint

noun

as in etching

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Recent Examples of aquatint Three works from Luigi Magnani’s permanent collection were stolen: Les Poissons by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1917), oil on canvas Still Life with Cherries by Paul Cézanne (1890), pencil and watercolor on paper Odalisque on the Terrace by Henri Matisse (1922), aquatint on paper. —

Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026 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. —

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

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In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Some examples from Myers include the subtle etching in marble, the soft wear of limestone, the lived-in texture of linen, or the subtle fading and marks that form in hardwood floors.

— Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 2 June 2026