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painterly

[ UK /pˈe‍ɪntəli/ ]
[ US /ˈpeɪntɝɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having qualities unique to the art of painting

How To Use painterly In A Sentence

  • Interestingly, for all Rauch's fractious subject matter, his painterly touch isn't turbulent at all, but instead measured, calm and neat.
  • Cui Jie's dystopian scene from 2011, "Bar," also evokes the painterly eeriness of German artists Gerhard Richter and Neo Rauch. China's Rising Art Stars
  • There is a spontaneity, a wonderful painterly quality that bridges several techniques and makes them unlike other mediums.
  • Elizabeth O'Reilly is a painterly realist who conveys her perceptions of reality via personalized line, color and brushstroke.
  • The traditional painterly mediums of oil and watercolour remain the norm for the portraiture commissions.
  • His pen-and-ink medium now includes heavy doses of watercolor, making painterly qualities more emphatic.
  • Also striking was a realistic portrait from around 1970 of a woman with upswept hair seated in an ornate chair and another more painterly portrait of a faceless male figure against a background of abstract gestures.
  • Color, often manipulated and used to painterly effect, is an important element in all of these works, with hues ranging from acidic yellows and oranges to stormy blues and greens.
  • In each, he runs a dazzling gamut of painterly techniques: glazing, impasto, scumbling, decalcomania, fluid linear strokes and so on.
  • I believe he used ‘dots’ to create the image rather than traditional painterly styles.
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