Synonyms of canvases

canvases

noun

variants also canvasses

plural of canvas

as in paintings

a picture created with oil paint

one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paintings
• oils
• murals
• watercolors
• oil paintings
• frescoes
• panoramas
• drawings
• masterpieces
• etchings
• acrylics
• gouaches
• diptychs
• sketches
• pastels
• aquarelles
• triptychs
• finger paintings
• distempers
• temperas
• showpieces
• pièces de résistance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canvases

At the Whitney Biennial, Carmen de Monteflores’s long-unseen shaped canvases of colorful overlapping figures hung alongside her daughter Andrea Fraser’s wax sculptures of sleeping toddlers. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Her own method is to paint directly onto wild-cotton canvases, without any preliminary drawings. — Gabriella Angeleti, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Broadhurst also was a painter who created more than 2,000 canvases, some of which have been exhibited at the Broadhurst Art Gallery (named for him) at the Stissing Center in Pine Plains, New York. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Early in 2024, taggers began turning Oceanwide Plaza’s skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Use canvases to build diagrams for planning, documenting, and improving your workflow. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026

The company now manufactures everything from canvases and rope covers to skirts and branding, shipping across Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 22 July 2026

His paintings and sculptures are known for their use of biomorphic forms, with his canvases employing an all-over approach to abstraction. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026

Here, Monet painted his monumental Nymphéas series—around 250 canvases—capturing shifting reflections of sky, willow, and blossom. — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026