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
Thieves have often targeted Picasso’s paintings, which have fetched up to $179 million at auction.
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The exhibition featured paintings from 2007 to the present on the themes of love, loss, hope and grief.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The Living Room Wes Anderson, like a handful of other directors working today, prefers to use miniatures and matte paintings and models in his films, instead of CGI effects.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
Sculptures and large-scale paintings typically fill the museum’s exhibition halls, as well.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The exhibit is the first comprehensive exploration of Katz’s collaborations with choreographers, dancers and members of avant-garde theater ensembles over six decades, showcasing rare archival materials, major sets and paintings and previously unexhibited sketches.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Overall, his paintings speak of a reverence of nature as something to cherish and preserve, along with unique creativity and continuous artistic growth.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Festival wares for sale include paintings, textiles, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, lamps, Halloween items, Christmas decor and so much more.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The exhibition featured paintings from 2007 to the present on the themes of love, loss, hope and grief.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The Living Room Wes Anderson, like a handful of other directors working today, prefers to use miniatures and matte paintings and models in his films, instead of CGI effects.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
Sculptures and large-scale paintings typically fill the museum’s exhibition halls, as well.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The exhibit is the first comprehensive exploration of Katz’s collaborations with choreographers, dancers and members of avant-garde theater ensembles over six decades, showcasing rare archival materials, major sets and paintings and previously unexhibited sketches.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Overall, his paintings speak of a reverence of nature as something to cherish and preserve, along with unique creativity and continuous artistic growth.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Festival wares for sale include paintings, textiles, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, lamps, Halloween items, Christmas decor and so much more.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paintings
Noun
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This year, 34 local artists were turned loose to create unique works of art with blank ceramic skulls as their canvasses.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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The walls in the room are decorated with murals by Oscar-winning French artist Marcel Vertès.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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Colorful murals substitute for windows.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paintings. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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