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Gemälde

Definitions of Gemälde
  1. noun
    graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
    synonyms: Bild
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    types:
    Heiligenbild, Ikone
    a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
    Ölbild
    a picture painted with oil paints
    Still-Leben, Stillleben
    a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
    Aquarell
    a painting produced with watercolors
    Fresko
    a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
    Gouache
    a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum
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