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
More than 30 Guild artists will exhibit and sell their work throughout the properties, including paintings, ceramics, glass, gourd art, fiber arts, photography and jewelry.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
The earthy background palate is enlivened by pops of coral and deep burgundy, the custom furnishings personalized by paintings, sculptures, and gorgeous books.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
According to the house, its three most expensive paintings sold in 2025 were sold privately.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Also with a local connection are a ceramic sculpture by John Mason, a onetime Pomona College art instructor, and two paintings by Alfredo Ramos Martinez, muralist at Scripps College.
—David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Vendors at the Naperville location, which opened in 2020, sold everything from plants and cake mixes to women’s clothing and paintings.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Students walk past paintings of historical scenes that include Betsy Ross sewing an American flag and down hallways lined with portraits of the Founding Fathers.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2026
These paintings celebrated flight as a new sensory and political regime, transforming aerial perspectives into expressions of heightened command.
—Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
In the early 1900s, curators say a British-Australian biologist from the Arnhem Lands coastal regions was asked to create paintings on single sheets of eucalyptus bark.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
The earthy background palate is enlivened by pops of coral and deep burgundy, the custom furnishings personalized by paintings, sculptures, and gorgeous books.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
According to the house, its three most expensive paintings sold in 2025 were sold privately.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Also with a local connection are a ceramic sculpture by John Mason, a onetime Pomona College art instructor, and two paintings by Alfredo Ramos Martinez, muralist at Scripps College.
—David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Vendors at the Naperville location, which opened in 2020, sold everything from plants and cake mixes to women’s clothing and paintings.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Students walk past paintings of historical scenes that include Betsy Ross sewing an American flag and down hallways lined with portraits of the Founding Fathers.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2026
These paintings celebrated flight as a new sensory and political regime, transforming aerial perspectives into expressions of heightened command.
—Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
In the early 1900s, curators say a British-Australian biologist from the Arnhem Lands coastal regions was asked to create paintings on single sheets of eucalyptus bark.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paintings
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The curators Christine Riding and Lucy Bamford have brought together ten canvases that were originally shown in London between 1765 and 1773—the pieces thanks to which, during his mid-thirties, the North Midlands artist first secured a national reputation.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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While some canvases feature just fencing and textile patterns, others incorporate hands and figures, sometimes in vulnerable moments.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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The nine murals — completed in October — were commissioned by University of Illinois Chicago’s MEC Lab for macroscale ecology and conservation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Kimya downstairs has a series of Roberto Ruspoli wall murals that meander into a rose pink marble bathroom.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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