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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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But sports were such a ubiquitous part of their lives that, naturally, they became a canvas for conveying those lessons.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

One of the stolen artworks is a vertical oil painting on canvas dating back to around 1910 depicting French actress Gabrielle Colonna-Romano.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

As well as his paintings on canvas, Mansour created cartoons, children's illustrations and wrote books.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

“If I say ‘Here’s a blank canvas, write me such and such,’ would that just be a melange of millions of other scripts?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

It hits me as soon as I walk in—that smell of paint and canvas so strong that, for a second, I’m sure I’ll look up to see Gram sitting at her easel.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The lawsuit also accuses two men in Peru of painting fakes bearing Warhol’s signature and shipping canvases resembling Warhol’s 1983 portfolio of endangered species to Roberts’s gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Although his canvases typically sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when he completed a large mural for the Palestinian Museum, his requested fee was only a fig tree to be planted in the garden.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Using shaped canvases and also experimenting with sculpture, the artist deployed boundary-pushing techniques that are represented by works spanning the entirety of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

He also bought a starter set of oil paints and some canvases.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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