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
These motifs evolve into deeper explorations of aggression and subcultural aesthetics, dedicating space to his film Trash Humpers and the Shadow Fux paintings.
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Robert Lang, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
This Italian city has innumerable artistic treasures, these 25 paintings among them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Most of the Art Institute’s antiquities, silver objects, and musical instrument collections were still in storage, but the trustees had placed statuary, paintings, and other items in the halls.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The former showcases its owner’s paintings in an adjacent James Young Fine Art gallery.
—Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
The reason to visit this church next to the Pantheon are for the three Caravaggio paintings in its Contarelli chapel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
In some rooms, paintings are hung salon style.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
The targets were the two Renoir paintings, one of which was left behind, and two smaller in size and less valuable works, both under a million euros.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Robert Lang, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
This Italian city has innumerable artistic treasures, these 25 paintings among them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Most of the Art Institute’s antiquities, silver objects, and musical instrument collections were still in storage, but the trustees had placed statuary, paintings, and other items in the halls.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The former showcases its owner’s paintings in an adjacent James Young Fine Art gallery.
—Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
The reason to visit this church next to the Pantheon are for the three Caravaggio paintings in its Contarelli chapel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
In some rooms, paintings are hung salon style.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
The targets were the two Renoir paintings, one of which was left behind, and two smaller in size and less valuable works, both under a million euros.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paintings
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Another late work, Color Wheel, 2018–19, comprises a group of thirty massive canvases arranged in a circle, each a vivid, monochromatic shade atop which has been painted a single, dripping bar of complementary hue.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Zeller’s canvases mystified him.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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During the 1930s and '40s, artists like Glenn Shaw and Elizabeth Olds created murals that reflected American life, including the struggles of the working-class people like miners and steel workers.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The group brought 17 girls from the Eastside and the San Gabriel Valley together at local community gardens and historic murals, like Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley.—
Kamren Curiel,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paintings. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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