Thesaurus results for PAINTINGS

paintings

noun

plural of painting

as in canvases

a picture created with oil paint the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile

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Recent Examples of paintings Making these paintings for me is like sitting down at the piano. — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Bossoms Mesa, the study's first author, explains how the researchers took the samples while also preserving the paintings. — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 2 July 2026 Nearly all the walls are white, which allows paintings by the likes of Peter Halley, Yaacov Agam and Gerold Miller to pop. — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026 In both the real and metaphysical locations of the show, the backgrounds are all painted by hand, something which was pointed out took up a lot of time due to the number of paintings in the show and due to the number of montages. — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 25 June 2026 Sculptures and paintings by local artists are sprinkled throughout the 18 rooms, which are swathed in pastel shades like apricot and mint, reminiscent of the artwork and architecture in Emirdag’s other home in the South of France. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026 In a previous life, the wooden crate had been used by artist Robert Rauschenberg, widely regarded as the father of assemblage art in the United States, to house and transport his paintings before Basquiat incorporated it into his own work. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 Amassed by the late collectors Jacques and Natasha Gelman during the 20th century, the Gelman Collection is particularly rich in works by Frida Kahlo, with 10 paintings by her. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026 His former estate is now The Ringling museum complex, where visitors can tour his Venetian Gothic mansion Ca’ d’Zan and check out his impressive collection of Old Masters paintings at the Museum of Art. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026

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Adam Newport-Berra’s cinematography turns a single set into a visually alive space, using the actors’ faces as canvases for a soulful story.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 June 2026
Not as France's region of 50-plus grape varieties, but as one of its greatest canvases.

— Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

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Tucked next to Mather Field and a housing development is a building adorned with murals of flowers and wildlife.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
Youthful yet elevated design can be found throughout the downtown property, from the bright murals that adorn the walls to the colorful pillows and throw blankets inside the guestrooms.

— Sara Harowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

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