brushwork
noun
brush·work
ˈbrəsh-ˌwərk 
: work done with a brush (as in painting)
especially
: the characteristic work of an artist using a brush
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Interior of a Restaurant appeared in the 1950s, but specialists determined that the brushwork didn’t resemble the original style and that the colors were not a match with the artist’s palette from this time, which includes a Manganese blue synthetic pigment patented in 1935.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Her brushwork palpably wants to get away from theory and into making, into experience, into building something.
—Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Another bold choice for several artists associated with Impressionism was the display of their process—not just in the loose brushwork that let viewers see the movement of their hands over the canvas but in the presentation of multiple approaches to a single scene or subject.
—Allison C. Meier, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024
The pictures in his Willow Street Gallery show include impressionistic portraits in which such facial features as a lush white-gray beard serve both as biographical details and occasions for exuberant brushwork.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Her brushwork palpably wants to get away from theory and into making, into experience, into building something.
—Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Another bold choice for several artists associated with Impressionism was the display of their process—not just in the loose brushwork that let viewers see the movement of their hands over the canvas but in the presentation of multiple approaches to a single scene or subject.
—Allison C. Meier, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024
The pictures in his Willow Street Gallery show include impressionistic portraits in which such facial features as a lush white-gray beard serve both as biographical details and occasions for exuberant brushwork.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
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“Brushwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brushwork. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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