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Gouache Artists

2,010 works at MoMA 8 nationalities

Leading Artists in Gouache

  1. 187 Ellsworth Kelly American
  2. 144 Maurizio Cattelan Italian
  3. 109 Marc Chagall French
  4. 85 Pavel Tchelitchew American
  5. 64 Robert Overby American
  6. 30 Alvin Colt American
  7. 29 František Kupka Czech
  8. 17 Paul Cadmus American
  9. 17 Jim Dine American
  10. 17 E. McKnight Kauffer American

National Distribution

NationalityWorksShare
American100049.8%
French21010.4%
Italian1718.5%
German1035.1%
Russian884.4%
British492.4%
Austrian371.8%
Dutch331.6%

Classification Sub-types

Classification Works Share
Drawing 1245 61.9%
Illustrated Book 363 18.1%
Notebook 187 9.3%
Print 71 3.5%
Architecture 63 3.1%
Design 51 2.5%
Painting 18 0.9%
Frank Lloyd Wright Archive 4 0.2%

Department Distribution

  • Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 1869
  • Drawings and Prints (MET) — 903
  • Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 120
  • The American Wing (MET) — 58
  • Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 17
  • Modern and Contemporary Art (MET) — 16
  • Robert Lehman Collection (MET) — 12
  • European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (MET) — 8
  • European Paintings (MET) — 4
  • Costume Institute (MET) — 2

Production by Decade

16
0s
3
1880s
8
1890s
14
1900s
124
1910s
289
1920s
223
1930s
172
1940s
208
1950s
174
1960s
234
1970s
132
1980s
96
1990s
151
2000s
130
2010s
36
2020s

Physical Scale Distribution

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)73737.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)114257.5%
Large (1–3 m)1045.2%
Monumental (> 3 m)40.2%

Artist Birth Cohorts

2
1825–1849
23
1850–1874
136
1875–1899
124
1900–1924
169
1925–1949
93
1950–1974
9
1975–1999

Gender of Artists Working in Gouache

  • Male — 455
  • Female — 99

Met Cultural Context

CultureCountryMet Records
American47
AmericanFrance8
French, Paris3
AmericanUnited States2
AmericanGermany1
Austrian, Vienna1
German, Augsburg1
India1
China1
German1

On View Now

8 Gouache works currently installed in Met galleries

Notable Highlights

Design for a Wall Monument

Francesco di Giorgio Martini · ca. 1490

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) · ca. 1532–35

Shrine

Matthias Walbaum|Anton Mozart · 1598–1600

German, Augsburg

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree

Jacob van Ruisdael · 1650–55