1
: a product of painting
especially
: a work produced through the art of painting
2
: the art or occupation of painting
Examples of painting in a Sentence
They hung the painting in the living room.
The woman in that painting is my grandmother.
I like painting more than sculpture.
He is studying abstract painting.
She wants to devote all her time to painting.
The room is ready for painting.
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The painting of irises above the fireplace is by Reiss, and the hanging spherical light fixture is a Moooi knockoff.
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
Its music videos, which had heretofore been so art-school obscure that MTV barely played them, were now high-budget fantasias with Stipe front and center, undulating like a Robert Longo painting come to life.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
An artist might tell you there’s nothing that compares to the creative thrill of painting.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Nov. 2024
Thus, in one section of the display, there is a reproduction of a painting by the Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera on a wall.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
Its music videos, which had heretofore been so art-school obscure that MTV barely played them, were now high-budget fantasias with Stipe front and center, undulating like a Robert Longo painting come to life.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
An artist might tell you there’s nothing that compares to the creative thrill of painting.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Nov. 2024
Thus, in one section of the display, there is a reproduction of a painting by the Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera on a wall.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painting. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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