wall painting

American

noun

mural painting executed by any of various techniques, as encaustic, tempera, fresco, or oil paint on canvas, often as an enhancement of the architecture of which the recipient wall is a part.

Etymology

Origin of wall painting

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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The civic authority has announced a "street wall painting competition" for Sunday, inviting artists to come help beautify the city.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

The massive wall painting by Robert Vargas offers three different views of the pitcher, including one of his unique high kick and heavenward gaze during his wind-up.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

A cave in the foothills of the Pyrenees has a wall painting from several thousand years later depicting a battle fought between humans using bows and arrows.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

This wall painting from a third-century synagogue in the city of Dura-Europos, in modern-day Syria, is one of many with biblical themes.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

I could see everything she said as if it were a wall painting inside the cave of my own skull.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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