photomural

American  

[foh-tuh-myoor-uhl] / ˈfoʊ təˌmjʊər əl /

noun

1. a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.

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photomural British  

/ ˌfəʊtəʊˈmjʊərəl /

noun

1. a decoration covering all or part of a wall consisting of a single enlarged photograph or a montage

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Other Word Forms

• photomuralist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of photomural

First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + mural

Example Sentences

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photomural

In old age Stojka would treat her tattoo almost as an insignia; a photomural at the Reina Sofía shows her smiling for a portrait, cigarette between her fingers, her decades-old number proudly visible.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2020

In conjunction with LACMA’s portrait show, Barron used an adjoining gallery to exhibit Hockney’s wall-sized, seven-panel photomural from December, “In the Studio,” which consists of 3,000 photographs stitched together digitally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2018

The photomural of Auschwitz that opens the show was shot in the same year.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2014

Hidden from the bustle behind a slatted wooden wall, its interior is dominated by a calming photomural of a Georgia pine forest.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2011

Fitted like a giant picture puzzle, the world's largest photomural was pasted last week on the east wall of the vast, high-vaulted rotunda of Manhattan's Grand Central Station.

From Time Magazine Archive