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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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The frame of "Young Woman at the Well" was slightly damaged, while "the canvas of 'Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano' had a tear," Bessone said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Directed by Bob Saget and Neil Berkeley, this Netflix documentary offers an affectionate look at the performer, who died in 2024 and who pursued his true passion on canvas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I’d go to leave, and she’d put the canvas away, beg me to come back, and as soon as I did, she’d start painting again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Then he eyed the canvas tote bag where I’d stashed a notepad and some audio gear.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The ocean is getting captured in the canvas and leaving nothing behind in return.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

While Herman was once known only for his massive canvases, today he has learned to appreciate the diminutive in his life and his work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Their settings and subjects further reveal that categorizing Church narrowly as a member of the Hudson River movement overlooks the fact that his canvases reflect a far broader swath of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

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

Marston continued painting, using his remaining paint and the lids of packing crates for canvases.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong


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