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Recent Examples of tempera
Munch made many different versions of the celebrated work, including one painting (tempera and oil on cardboard), one drawing (crayon on cardboard) and six lithographs.
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
The woman watches the late-shift employees trickle out through the double doors, past the window painted with sprawling tempera foliage.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 June 2025
The final lot, a tempera painting by Jacob Lawrence from 1958, failed to sell, providing a rather awkward round of applause to close the evening.
—Robb Report, 18 May 2025
A number of the pieces on display – including works in tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen, and fiber – have rarely been seen outside private collections.
—Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
The woman watches the late-shift employees trickle out through the double doors, past the window painted with sprawling tempera foliage.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 June 2025
The final lot, a tempera painting by Jacob Lawrence from 1958, failed to sell, providing a rather awkward round of applause to close the evening.
—Robb Report, 18 May 2025
A number of the pieces on display – including works in tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen, and fiber – have rarely been seen outside private collections.
—Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempera
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Made with gouache and pencil on paper, the work depicts a guitar and several everyday objects, including a bottle and a folded sheet of paper, arranged on a table in soft brown and gray tones.—
Dragana Jovanovic,
ABC News,
18 Oct. 2025
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With an airbrush borrowed from his job at an ad agency, Man Ray would blast droplets of gouache onto board or heavy paper and use stencils to organize the spray.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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The trio wanted to speak to children directly, and using oil pastel was part of their approach.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Sweet shades of pastel get an edge when combined with chrome.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art has the largest collection of Florida art, including 2,600 oil and watercolor paintings of the state.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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Antonio Bustamante has kept a watercolor of labor leader César Chavez for more than 35 years, hanging it on the wall of his law office in Yuma, Arizona.—
Fernanda Figueroa,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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According to the shelter, staff had already been monitoring for signs of distemper due to cases reported in surrounding counties.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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That includes preventive treatments for fleas and ticks and heartworm and vaccinations for parvo, distemper and rabies, says Kohl.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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The statues, printed in Dallas in a bright lime-green acrylic, depict athletes such as FIFA World Cup champion Julie Foudy and pro golfer Lucy Li and other sports professionals such as former Dallas Mavericks chief executive officer Cynt Marshall and kinesiologist Colleen Hacker.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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When the box is lit, the acrylic pieces shine and play off each other.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Jeycen has a special interest in drawing and loves creating road maps and highways.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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An Everman resident claimed a $1 million Powerball prize resulting from the game’s March 14 drawing, according to the Texas Lottery.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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Shirahama’s detailed etching and line work make the manga feel like an old picture book come to life, and her paneling and layouts are astonishingly detailed and gorgeous.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Helium is used during the etching process, when material that’s been deposited on a wafer is scraped away to form transistor structures, said Jacob Feldgoise, an analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.—
Kelvin Chan,
Fortune,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Tempera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempera. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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