painting en · NOUN
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Etymology
By surface analysis, paint + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.
With five large-scale paintings in his new solo exhibition, “Dusky Rainy Sunny,” the Colombia- born artist Juan Eduardo Gómez examines the relationship between the human form and landscapes.
2024 January 8, Yinka Elujoba and Jillian Steinhauer, “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August”, in The New York Times:There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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(uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.
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(uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
At Lungmen in northern Honan, where Buddhist sculpture of the T'ang period is found side by side with the earlier work of the Northern Wei, at Tunhuang in western Kansu, where the explorations of Stein and Pelliot have brought to light a wonderful collection of sculpture and painting dating from the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries, and at various other points in the empire the artists of T'ang China have left behind them convincing evidence of noble religious inspiration coupled with a high degree of technical proficiency.
1944, G. Nye Steiger, A History of the Far East, Ginn and Company, →OCLC, page 115:The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.
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sh slȉka (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ta ஓவியம் (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cy peintiad (artistic application of paint) · bg живопи́с (artistic application of paint) · dsb wobraz (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ka სურათი (an illustration or artwork using paint) · nv naʼashchʼąąʼ (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ckb وێنە (an illustration or artwork using paint) · pl malowanie (the action of applying paint) · az rəssamlıq (the action of applying paint) · fa-ira نَقَّاشی (the action of applying paint) · mk слика́рство (artistic application of paint) · ko 그림 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cmn 油漆 (the action of applying paint) · et maalimine (the action of applying paint) · ug رەسىم (an illustration or artwork using paint) · lt tapyba (artistic application of paint) · vi bức vẽ (an illustration or artwork using paint) · pl obraz (an illustration or artwork using paint) · hy գեղանկարչություն (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ga péintéireacht (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cs malba (artistic application of paint) · es pintura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · lt tapyba (an illustration or artwork using paint) · tg наққошӣ (artistic application of paint) · mn уран зураг (artistic application of paint) · sl slikarstvo (artistic application of paint) · it dipinto (an illustration or artwork using paint) · tr boyama (an illustration or artwork using paint) · da maleri (an illustration or artwork using paint) · km គំនូរ (an illustration or artwork using paint) · et maalimine (artistic application of paint) · vi hội họa (artistic application of paint) · prs نَقَّاشِی (an illustration or artwork using paint) · mi peitatanga (the action of applying paint) · uk маля́рство (artistic application of paint) · el ζωγραφική (the action of applying paint) · id lukisan (an illustration or artwork using paint) · oc pintura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · sh slikárstvo (artistic application of paint) · ur نَقَّاشی (artistic application of paint) · el ζωγραφική (artistic application of paint) · ga péintéireacht (artistic application of paint) · da malerkunst (artistic application of paint) · tr ressamlık (artistic application of paint) · sv målning (the action of applying paint) · nl schilderwerk (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ar فَنّ تَصْوِير زَيْتِيّ (artistic application of paint) · bg карти́на (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cmn 畫幅 /画幅 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · sv målning (an illustration or artwork using paint) · vi hội hoạ (artistic application of paint) · be маля́рства (artistic application of paint) · ru жи́вопись (the action of applying paint) · id seni lukis (artistic application of paint) · hu festmény (an illustration or artwork using paint) · it dipinto (artistic application of paint) · gl cadro (an illustration or artwork using paint) · hy գեղանկարչություն (artistic application of paint) · ja 絵画 (the action of applying paint) · sq pikturë (artistic application of paint) · nl schilderij (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ota نقش (an illustration or artwork using paint) · mk живопис (artistic application of paint) · grc ζωγραφία (artistic application of paint) · es cuadro (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ta அடி (the action of applying paint) · ar طِلَاء (the action of applying paint) · es pintura (the action of applying paint) · vo pänot (an illustration or artwork using paint) · prs نِگَار (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cy peintiad (the action of applying paint) · ru карти́на (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cs malířství (artistic application of paint) · ro pictură (artistic application of paint) · ro pictură (an illustration or artwork using paint) · be малю́нак (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ko 회화 (artistic application of paint) · ja 絵 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · nl geschilder (the action of applying paint) · sk obraz (an illustration or artwork using paint) · th จิตรกรรม (artistic application of paint) · uz rassomlik (artistic application of paint) · be жы́вапіс (artistic application of paint) · ce басар (the action of applying paint) · bg живопи́с (the action of applying paint) · de Malerei (artistic application of paint) · ga péinteáil (the action of applying paint) · eo pentrarto (artistic application of paint) · kmr nîgar (an illustration or artwork using paint) · lv glezniecība (artistic application of paint) · hu festőművészet (artistic application of paint) · gl pintura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · fa-ira نَقَّاشی (an illustration or artwork using paint) · br livadur (an illustration or artwork using paint) · lt tapybos kūrinys (an illustration or artwork using paint) · pt pintura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · la pictūra (an illustration or artwork using paint) · fi maalaustaide (the action of applying paint) · pt pintura (the action of applying paint) · ps انځور (an illustration or artwork using paint) · fi maalaus (an illustration or artwork using paint) · fr peinture (the action of applying paint) · my ကား (an illustration or artwork using paint) · it pittura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · nl schilderkunst (artistic application of paint) · enm peynture (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ar رَسْم فَنِّيّ (artistic application of paint) · is málverk (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cmn 畫兒 /画儿 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · da malerkunst (the action of applying paint) · sv måleri (the action of applying paint) · nb maleri (the action of applying paint) · acw رسمة (an illustration or artwork using paint) · tr ressamlık (the action of applying paint) · nay blewalawun (the action of applying paint) · ang tīefring (the action of applying paint) · fa-ira نَقَّاشی (artistic application of paint) · cy arluniaeth (artistic application of paint) · fi maalaustaide (artistic application of paint) · it quadro (an illustration or artwork using paint) · is málverk (artistic application of paint) · la pictūra (artistic application of paint) · tg расмкашӣ (artistic application of paint) · uk живо́пис (artistic application of paint) · eo pentraĵo (an illustration or artwork using paint) · tr resim (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ta தீட்டு (artistic application of paint) · uk карти́на (an illustration or artwork using paint) · is mynd (an illustration or artwork using paint) · sh žȉvopīs (artistic application of paint) · th จิตรกรรม (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ro pictare (the action of applying paint) · hi चित्र (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ky живопись (artistic application of paint) · mk бојадисување (the action of applying paint) · it verniciatura (the action of applying paint) · ka ფერწერა (artistic application of paint) · rsk мальованє (artistic application of paint) · sv måleri (artistic application of paint) · it pittura (the action of applying paint) · et maal (an illustration or artwork using paint) · hi चुनाई (the action of applying paint) · tr resim (the action of applying paint) · sk maliarstvo (artistic application of paint) · tg наққошӣ (the action of applying paint) · ko 회화 (the action of applying paint) · uk малю́нок (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ta பூசு (the action of applying paint) · hi पुताई (the action of applying paint) · ang tīefring (artistic application of paint) · cmn 繪畫 /绘画 (artistic application of paint) · lv glezna (an illustration or artwork using paint) · mi waituhi (an illustration or artwork using paint) · nl schilderen (the action of applying paint) · hi चित्रकारी (artistic application of paint) · ga pictiúr (an illustration or artwork using paint) · pt pintura (artistic application of paint) · ang tīefring (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cy peintiad (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ka მხატვრობა (artistic application of paint) · ta தீட்டு (the action of applying paint) · fr toile (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ar لَوْحَة فَنِّيَّة (an illustration or artwork using paint) · gd lì-dhealbh (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cmn 繪畫 /绘画 (the action of applying paint) · ar لَوْحَة (an illustration or artwork using paint) · grc ζωγράφημα (an illustration or artwork using paint) · fa-ira نِگار (an illustration or artwork using paint) · vo kölam (the action of applying paint) · cs obraz (an illustration or artwork using paint) · cmn 油漆 (artistic application of paint) · pl malarstwo (artistic application of paint) · sh жи̏вопӣс (artistic application of paint) · ca pintura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · fr peinture (an illustration or artwork using paint) · grc ζωγραφία (the action of applying paint) · mi peitatanga (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ga péinteáil (artistic application of paint) · grc ζωγραφία (an illustration or artwork using paint) · io pikturo (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ja 絵画 (artistic application of paint) · nl schilderen (artistic application of paint) · cmn 圖畫 /图画 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ko 회화 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · sq piktura (an illustration or artwork using paint) · my ပန်းချီ (artistic application of paint) · pl malowidło (an illustration or artwork using paint) · kk кескіндеме (artistic application of paint) · nb maleri (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ms seni lukis (artistic application of paint) · sh слика́рство (artistic application of paint) · nb malerkunst (artistic application of paint) · es pintura (artistic application of paint) · vo pänam (artistic application of paint) · mk фарбање (the action of applying paint) · az rəssamlıq (artistic application of paint) · nb bilde (an illustration or artwork using paint) · be карці́на (an illustration or artwork using paint) · mk слика (an illustration or artwork using paint) · vi bức tranh (an illustration or artwork using paint) · es pintado (the action of applying paint) · eo pentrado (artistic application of paint) · ar دِهَان (the action of applying paint) · hy նկար (an illustration or artwork using paint) · sl slika (an illustration or artwork using paint) · nn målarkunst (artistic application of paint) · rsk малюнок (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ka ნახატი (an illustration or artwork using paint) · rue малярство (artistic application of paint) · el ζωγραφιά (an illustration or artwork using paint) · alt билдӱр (an illustration or artwork using paint) · rsk сликарство (artistic application of paint) · af skildery (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ar صُورَة (an illustration or artwork using paint) · gl pintado (the action of applying paint) · mk боење (the action of applying paint) · ca quadre (an illustration or artwork using paint) · kn ಚಿತ್ರಕಲೆ (artistic application of paint) · ru жи́вопись (artistic application of paint) · rsk мальованє (the action of applying paint) · nn måleri (an illustration or artwork using paint) · sh сли̏ка (an illustration or artwork using paint) · de Malerei (the action of applying paint) · acw لوحة (an illustration or artwork using paint) · de Gemälde (an illustration or artwork using paint) · ja 絵画 (an illustration or artwork using paint) · mt kwadru (an illustration or artwork using paint)