noun
1 act of painting
ADJECTIVE
▪ acrylic , oil , watercolour/watercolor
▪ miniature
▪ abstract , decorative , figurative , genre , landscape , portrait , representational , still-life , surrealist
▪ mural
▪ contemporary , modern
▪ traditional
▪
He studied traditional Japanese ~ at the Kano school.
VERB + PAINTING
▪ do
▪
I'll do some ~ this afternoon.
▪ take up ( esp. BrE )
▪
When she retired she took up ~.
▪ study
▪
He went to Europe to study ~.
PAINTING + NOUN
▪ style , technique
PHRASES
▪ ~ and decorating ( BrE )
▪
The firm specializes in ~ and decorating.
2 picture
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , fine , good , great
▪ famous , well-known
▪ valuable
▪ original
▪
The design is based on an original ~ by Matisse.
▪ early , late
▪
His early ~s were light, expressive compositions.
▪ recent
▪ miniature
▪ Cubist , Impressionist , etc.
▪ avant-garde
▪ contemporary
▪ 17th-century , etc.
▪ abstract , decorative , figurative , figure , genre , landscape , religious , still-life , surrealist
▪ cave , ceiling , fresco , mural , wall
▪ acrylic , oil , watercolour/watercolor
▪ monochrome
▪ colourful/colorful
▪ large , large-scale
▪ small
▪ easel
▪ untitled
▪ finished , unfinished
▪ framed
… OF PAINTINGS
▪ series
▪ collection , exhibition
VERB + PAINTING
▪ create , do , execute , make , paint , produce , work on
▪
Degas did several ~s of ballet dancers.
▪ compose
▪ complete , finish
▪ frame
▪ hang , put up
▪ display , exhibit , present , show
▪ view
▪ collect
▪
She collects ~s by 19th-century Australian artists.
▪ clean , restore
▪ copy , reproduce
▪ commission
▪ buy , purchase , sell
▪ donate
▪ admire
PAINTING + VERB
▪ depict sb/sth , feature sb/sth , portray sb/sth , show sb/sth
▪ evoke sth
▪
Rauch's ~s evoke memories of a bygone era.
▪ reflect sth , represent sth , reveal sth , suggest sth
▪
His ~s reflect the joy and beauty in all he saw around him.
▪ hang
▪
His most famous ~s hang in the Louvre.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The woman in the ~ is the artist's mistress.
▪ ~ by
▪
a ~ by Gauguin
▪ ~ in
▪
a fine ~ in oils
▪ ~ of
▪
~s of flowers