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fine arts

Cultural  
  1. Art that is produced more for beauty or spiritual significance than for physical utility. Painting, sculpture, and music are fine arts.


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He attended college at New York’s Cooper Union and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mull, who died in 2024, received his master of fine arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1967.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Named after the activist and academic Angela Davis, an anti-racism icon, Hill studied fine arts at a college in New York.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

The Victoria & Albert Museum in west London is the world’s largest museum of design, decorative and fine arts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

“And what did you study? Something in the fine arts, perhaps?”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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