wall painting

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wall painting¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.

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Rare 16th Century wall paintings have been revealed at a former Tudor hunting lodge.

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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.

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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.

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The tower, which houses one of the most complete sets of 14th Century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe, had just 183 visitors a year at the most recent count.

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