painterlinessn.
/ˈpeɪntəlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpeɪn(t)ərlinᵻs/ The fact or quality of being painterly.
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painterliness1950
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles
pastositya1806
touchiness1813
scene painting1834
horror vacui1845
texture1845
daguerreotypism1846
fruitiness1869
tintiness1886
posterishness1930
painterliness1950
non-figuration1955
simultaneity1957
hard-edge1961
figuration1962
colourfield1967
1950 V. Barker Amer. Painting, Hist. & Interpr. v. lxi. 504 This advance in painterliness was important as pointing the way to more general gains later on.
1964 Times 7 Feb. 15/4 Colville's nine compatriots are divided from him by their concern for a rich surface, for painterliness.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Oct. 17/4 He had evolved a highly personal style which owed as much to Mannerist sophistication as to Venetian painterliness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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