Most Used Media & Materials

Discover the most used media and materials amongst the 24,174 based on 192,161 artworks in our database

192,161

Artworks

In scope

24,174

Media

In scope

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Medium by number of artworks

The most popular art media and materials

Medium	Artworks
Graphite on paper	26,284
Gelatin silver print	16,235
Lithograph	7,830
Albumen silver print	4,874
Oil paint on canvas	3,383
Screenprint on paper	2,984
Lithograph on paper	2,722
Ink on paper	2,350
Watercolour on paper	1,890
Pencil on paper	1,813
Etching on paper	1,793
Chromogenic color print	1,724
Letterpress	1,689
Graphite and watercolour on paper	1,680
Etching	1,631
Lithograph, printed in color	1,435
Pencil on tracing paper	1,268
Offset lithograph	1,126
Video (color, sound)	1,107
Oil on canvas	1,063
Drypoint	1,059
Lithograph, printed in black	991
Woodcut	960
Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print	909
Screenprint	894
Intaglio print on paper	820
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper	751
Engraving on paper	732
Poster	678
Line engraving on paper	648
Pen and ink on paper	626
Chalk and graphite on paper	619
Etching, printed in black	604
drawing	592
Pigmented inkjet print	585
Bronze	581
Chalk on paper	534
Photogravure	522
Wood engraving, printed in black	521
Etching and aquatint	506
Platinum print	486
Gouache and watercolour on paper	475
Drypoint, with hand additions	473
Collotype	471
Matte albumen silver print	463
Colored pencil, pencil, and ballpoint pen on board	454
Woodcut, printed in black	438
Print on paper	436
Ink and graphite on paper	430
Silkscreen	415
Aquatint on paper	413
Print	397
Etching and aquatint on paper	396
Ink and watercolour on paper	384
Gouache on paper	359
Wood engraving on paper	345
Watercolor on paper	337
Lithograph, offset printed	331
Woodcut, printed in color	329
Copper plate	325
One from an illustrated book with 329 woodcuts	324
Wood engraving from an illustrated book with 323 wood engravings and one etching and engraving	323
Photolithograph	323
Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper	321
Video (black and white, sound)	312
Screenprint, printed in color	308
Charcoal on paper	303
One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	299
One from a portfolio of eighteen lithographs	289
Linoleum cut	272
Mezzotint on paper	269
Digital print on paper	269
Dye transfer print	268
Graphite and ink on paper	267
One from a portfolio of 264 color Xeroxes	264
Engraving	258
Gelatin silver print, printed 1965	257
Oil paint on wood	247
Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper	245
Albumen silver print from a glass negative	239
Pencil and colored pencil on tracing paper	232
Aquatint	231
Watercolor and pencil on paper	226
Oil paint on board	224
Watercolour and graphite on paper	222
Super 8mm film transferred to video (color, silent)	220
Gouache and graphite on paper	209
Painting	204
Etching and drypoint	202
Pencil and colored pencil on paper	199
Artist's book	196
Pastel on paper	193
Gelatin silver prints	192
Glass	189
Journal with relief halftone illustration	186
Paperboard folder containing photocopies	181
Etching and engraving over photogravure, printed in black	178
Ink and pencil on paper	178
Digital print	177
(CONFIRM)	176

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