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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 The National Gallery of Art acquired two paintings by the artist in 2014. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 The home’s character especially comes through in its artwork—namely the large-scale paintings hung throughout the living and dining spaces. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 Her parents, as many do, passed down some furniture and paintings. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026 Johnson gazed at one of his own paintings, which hangs in the dark-red lounge and features outlines of houses. — Emma Allen, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Next year, Madrid’s prestigious Museo Reina Sofía will open an outpost in the city, with a collection of 138,000 paintings, sculptures and manuscripts. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

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This deal includes a T-PEN stylus with 4,096 pressure levels, making creating digital art and writing feel as natural as possible without lugging around all your paints, pens, and canvases.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Like late de Kooning, the picture plane has been emptied of people, just Alex and his canvases.

— Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

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