Painting ˈpeɪntɪŋ Exhibition Abstract Artists Extra Examples Paint

• a watercolour/crylic painting
• canaletto's paintings of venice
• an exhibition of paintings by american artists
• she has also done abstract paintings and made experimental films.

painting

1. a picture that has been painted
• SEE ALSO cave painting
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cave-painting
• a watercolour/crylic painting
• Canaletto's paintings of Venice
• an exhibition of paintings by American artists
• She has also done abstract paintings and made experimental films.
• Kahlo's paintings often depict her suffering.

Extra Examples

• Degas did several paintings of ballet dancers.
• He was commissioned to paint four large paintings.
• an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by local artists
• Her early paintings were light, expressive compositions.
• The classroom walls are covered with children's paintings.
• His most famous paintings hang in the Louvre.
• Contemporary Aboriginal paintings are displayed in the gallery.
• Vanderlyn's painting represents Ariadne abandoned on the island of Naxos.
• Rauch's paintings evoke memories of a bygone era.
• The design is based on an original painting by Matisse.
• The woman in the painting is the artist's mistress.
• a fine painting in oils
• The photograph looks almost like an Impressionist painting.
• A Dutch landscape painting hung on the wall.
• In 1912 Marc saw an exhibition of Futurist paintings in Berlin.
• He commissioned history paintings from the leading painters of the day.
• The little chapel is decorated with medieval wall paintings.
• He began preparations for a large mural painting of the Battle of Anghiari.
• The house is full of paintings and sculpture.
• Recently, she sold two paintings.
2. the act or art of using paint to produce pictures
• SEE ALSO action painting
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/action-painting
• Her hobbies include music and painting.
• the great British tradition of landscape painting
• abstract/figurative painting

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• He was appointed to teach painting and drawing at the Glasgow School of Art.
• He studied traditional Japanese painting at the Kano school.
• He went to Europe to study painting.
• When she retired she took up painting.
• They dreamed of creating a uniquely Canadian type of landscape painting.
• the development of 20th century abstract painting
• In the 1970s he returned to figurative painting.
• He gave up a career in law for portrait painting.
• She discussed the relationship between painting and photography.
• Tobey developed a distinctive style of painting that he called 'white writing'.
• There is no recognizable Amsterdam school of painting.
• 18th-century treatises on the art of painting
• His work became wholly abstract and he changed his painting technique.
• Throughout her life, she maintained a painting style of light figures against a dark background.
3. the act of putting paint onto the surface of objects, walls, etc.
• painting and decorating
• We can do the painting ourselves.

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• He's finished the painting, and the house looks amazing.
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• Frequent painting of infested areas will kill the beetles and prevent further damage.
• I hate painting so we hired painters.
• We can help with weeding, fence painting, and hedge trimming.
• She does interior painting and minor household repairs.