facture

noun

fac·​ture ˈfak-chər 

: the manner in which something (such as a painting) is made

Examples of facture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The facture of a painting by Kippenberger or, say, Büttner is typically heavy, punchy, almost coarse, with a blunt energy that does not promise freedom as the Abstract Expressionist gesture might be thought to do. — Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Nothing of this reality is visible in the paintings themselves, whose facture is immaculate. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

The impression of freshness and immediacy is reinforced by the paint’s facture. — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021

In art, the inefficiencies of hand facture were understood as essential markers of meaning. — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021

Her face, while more contoured than Eva’s, still quivers with facture, the tenderness of coming-to-be embodied in Kiely’s additions, erasures, and smudges. — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, "manner of making, shape," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin factūra "working (of metal), make, fashion," from factus (past participle of facere "to make, do") + -ūra -ure — more at fact

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for facture

• fracture
• contracture
• manufacture