peinture

Meaning

Noun

1. painting
2. painting, canvas
3. vivid description
4. paint

Verb

1. inflection of peinturer:
2. inflection of peinturer:

Concepts

painting

paint

picture

dye

drawing

color

paintwork

paints

portrayal

sketch

pigment

image

stencil

gloss paint

cave painting

coloration

coloring

colouration

colouring

painting material

coating

lacquerware

depiction

canvas

tableau

house painting

oil painting

ink

design

diagram

figure

illustration

map

mechanical drawing

pattern

scheme

brushwork

parget

portrait

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛ̃.tyʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, alteration of the classical Latin pictūra, from pictus, under the influence of the present stem pingō.

Sentences

Ses dernières années sont occupées par la peinture .

His last years were occupied by painting.

Pourtant , il est considéré comme le fondateur de la peinture de genre américaine .

Yet, he is considered the founder of American genre painting.

Il a pour effet d'attirer plus encore vers le centre de la peinture .

It has the effect of attracting even more towards the centre of the painting.

Il aime la musique et la poésie , ainsi que la peinture paysagiste .

He loves music and poetry, as well as landscape painting.

Cette expérience de la gravure modifie également son approche de la peinture .

This experience of engraving also changed his approach to painting.

Très douée pour le dessin et la peinture , elle a laissé de remarquables eaux-fortes .

Very good at drawing and painting, she left remarkable etchings.

Il excelle aussi dans la grande peinture décorative comme dans les tableaux religieux .

He also excels in large decorative painting as in religious paintings.

Ainsi c'est principalement la peinture historique qui compose les premières œuvres de Blunck.

Thus it is mainly historical painting that composes the first works of Blunck.