painterly

adjective

paint·er·ly ˈpān-tər-lē

: of, relating to, or typical of a painter : artistic

painterly attention to detail

: suggestive or characteristic of a painting or of the art of painting

painterly photography

especially : marked by an openness of form which is not linear and in which sharp outlines are lacking

painterly brushwork

painterliness noun

Examples of painterly in a Sentence

He has a painterly eye. a painterly picture of the sea

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Falkenstein’s mural amply demonstrates the painterly skills of an artist better known as a sculptor (a fine wall relief and four less interesting sculptures are also on view). —

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 Unlike Breath of the Wild or last year’s Tears of the Kingdom, which dazzled with their painterly landscapes and awe-inspiring scale, Echoes of Wisdom is bite-size and cute with a world that looks like a Playmobil set. —

Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024 The circles and sparkles resemble a painterly style in the modern West as the white jade carving demonstrates a motif from the Warring States period in ancient China. —

Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 With his first exhibition debuting in Paris in 2020, Buret has continued nonstop with his painterly output ever since. —

Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for painterly