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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

But Mull’s highly accomplished work on canvas, held by some very esteemed institutions, shows the influence of people like Robert Rauschenberg and Anselm Kiefer and combines surrealism with subtle social commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The early signs suggested Itauma had the measure of his opponent, with Hrgovic touching the canvas in the second round and conceding that he was "outboxed" early on.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

Six long, thin objects on the trailers, covered by canvas.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

This particularly productive decade is the focus of Voena’s presentation that shows the Italian artist working with reclaimed advertising posters to create abstract décollage canvases that evolved to also include realist elements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

Breakfast burritos in L.A. are canvases for individual creative expression, innovations that graft global cuisines or basic energy bombs to fuel the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Photography was another medium he took up, using it both as an aid in planning his canvases and to create standalone works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

My mom’s got a couple of unopened blank canvases leaning against their doorframe.

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




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