1
: a product of painting
especially
: a work produced through the art of painting
2
: the art or occupation of painting
Examples of painting in a Sentence
They hung the painting in the living room.
The woman in that painting is my grandmother.
I like painting more than sculpture.
He is studying abstract painting.
She wants to devote all her time to painting.
The room is ready for painting.
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The film, which marks Saxon’s directorial debut, utilizes puppetry, animatronics, matte paintings and 3D animation to tell the story of a shy farm girl named Yuri, who lives in a remote village on the island of Carpathia and was raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Two Winslow Homer paintings that were recently appraised on Antiques Roadshow have been auctioned by Christie’s during its 19th century American Art and Western Painting sales on January 23.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 24 Jan. 2025
On the ground floor, the hotel’s cafe features woven-leather ceilings and walls lined with artisanal tiles, along with dozens of paintings by Spanish artists that Starck spent three years searching out.
—Sarah Archer Gisela Williams Martha Cheng Carla Valdivia Nakatani Ryan Haase, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Lennox is exhibiting with 99 Projects and presenting Energy Lines, a series of paintings, multi-media canvases and sculptures exploring spirituality and humankind’s connection to the earth and nature.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Two Winslow Homer paintings that were recently appraised on Antiques Roadshow have been auctioned by Christie’s during its 19th century American Art and Western Painting sales on January 23.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 24 Jan. 2025
On the ground floor, the hotel’s cafe features woven-leather ceilings and walls lined with artisanal tiles, along with dozens of paintings by Spanish artists that Starck spent three years searching out.
—Sarah Archer Gisela Williams Martha Cheng Carla Valdivia Nakatani Ryan Haase, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Lennox is exhibiting with 99 Projects and presenting Energy Lines, a series of paintings, multi-media canvases and sculptures exploring spirituality and humankind’s connection to the earth and nature.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painting. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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