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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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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.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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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
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The chain capitalized on the popularity, releasing a $3 pastel mini tote on April 8, 2025 also flew off the shelves.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Falling somewhere between a fresh pastel and a polished neutral, the hue brings a sense of lightness without sacrificing sophistication.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hidden Pond offers a luxurious and secluded stay, with bungalows and treetop studios nestled among 60 acres of birch groves and activities like watercolor painting and yoga in the garden.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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The Poway Center for the Performing Arts will be filled from top to bottom with art in a wide variety of techniques and mediums – pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media – during the North County Society of Fine Arts Exhibit through May 30.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Proof of rabies, distemper and Bordatella vaccines is required.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Most vets use combination products that include distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus (DHP), then give a separate rabies vaccine (often at the same time as DHP).—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Inside, the front desk is flanked by an animatronic dire wolf and a life-size acrylic woolly mammoth peering out from what appears to be a massive block of ice.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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The parts were produced from a full-sized 1mm acrylic panel, ensuring clean edges and consistent accuracy across the oversized structure.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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The winning numbers for the Wednesday, May 20, Powerball drawing are 10, 28, 30, 46, 57, and the Powerball is 25.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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Now there is space for the remaining patients to occupy their seats without the self-conscious drawing-in of arms and legs that comes from sitting too close to a stranger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Gasworld reported that around two-thirds of global bromine production, used for semiconductor-grade hydrogen bromide in wafer etching, comes from Israel and Jordan.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Construction crews building a barrier between the United States and Mexico damaged a 200-foot-long etching of a fish embedded in the land that is thought to be 1,000 years old, according to a report in the Washington Post.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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“Tempera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempera. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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