variants
also canvasses
as in paintings
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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Recent Examples of canvases
The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases.
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
VanEmburgh has been painting for five years and mainly works with acrylics on larger canvases, normally 40 inches by 70 or 80 inches and paints in several layers.
—Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
Recently, though, those humble paddles have become more akin to canvases.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Black polka dots of varying sizes make the nails feel like mini canvases of contemporary art.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Cinematographer Paul Guilhaume drenches the film in dark blues and grainy blacks, as deeply unsettling as Cristina’s canvases.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
His goal with CubaNostalgia is to preserve the designs of those buildings on large canvases that lead visitors on a stroll through Havana.
—Sarah Moreno
may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Also with the two recently restore Tintoretto canvases.
—Erica Firpo, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
VanEmburgh has been painting for five years and mainly works with acrylics on larger canvases, normally 40 inches by 70 or 80 inches and paints in several layers.
—Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
Recently, though, those humble paddles have become more akin to canvases.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Black polka dots of varying sizes make the nails feel like mini canvases of contemporary art.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Cinematographer Paul Guilhaume drenches the film in dark blues and grainy blacks, as deeply unsettling as Cristina’s canvases.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
His goal with CubaNostalgia is to preserve the designs of those buildings on large canvases that lead visitors on a stroll through Havana.
—Sarah Moreno
may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Also with the two recently restore Tintoretto canvases.
—Erica Firpo, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvases
paintings
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The striped abstract paintings throughout the installation are based on polo shirts worn by Cuban state security agents who blend into crowds during protests, while gladiolus flowers reference the Ladies in White dissident movement.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Both paintings had been a part of the hotel for more than a century.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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“Canvases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvases. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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