Dear Julie

It's as much to do with storage and management as anything else. Traditionally, watercolours are often treated like drawings, and managed alongside other works on paper such as drawings and prints - so they're often found in an institution's Print Room, for example.

So it really depends on why you want to classify them ...

Best wishes

Rupert

Sent from a mobile phone, so apologies for the inevitable typos.

On 23 Jul 2019 23:02, Julie Hoogland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello,
I’ve had this problem at other institutions in the past and wanted to know what other museums are doing. Is a watercolor classified as a drawing or a painting? In the AAT the term watercolor is called paint. However, I know there is a long history of watercolors being considered drawings or preliminary sketches. Additionally, I know that with multiple classifications in TMS, they could be listed as both, but the curators think that would be confusing. Any input is appreciated.
Thanks!

Julie Hoogland
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