- present participle of paint.
painting
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Artist Damien Hirst created a spot painting to serve as a calibration target for the lander's onboard camera.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Many of the Mull fans interviewed are still with us—Steve Martin, for instance, a solidly kindred spirit and a major supporter of Mull’s painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
From a 17th century painting by Lee Won-chan, it’s from his personal collection of more than 400 artworks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
A renowned painting by British landscape artist William Turner has returned to the city that inspired it nearly two centuries ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She closed her eyes, to better remember all she had learned at school: not only the capitals of nations and techniques of watercolor painting, but the truly important things.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
At least five people have been arrested in France in connection with the theft of two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir last month, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In August, paintings by Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum in Italy, in a heist that lasted just three minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
At the time, critics were characterizing O’Keeffe’s flower pictures as feminine; in response, she said, she would create “those dismal-colored paintings like the men.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her instantly recognizable flower paintings, desert landscapes, bleached bones and abstractions have won her dozens of museum retrospectives or themed solo exhibitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The main house at Montpelier was grand, filled with classical paintings, elegant draperies, and fine carpets.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
