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matter painting

matter painting noun: a 1950s art style using impasto paint with everyday materials such as mud or shells added to it.

Noun

matter painting (countable and uncountable, plural matter paintings)

  1. (uncountable) A 1950s art style using impasto paint with everyday materials such as mud or shells added to it.
  2. (countable) An individual work produced in this style.

Forms of matter painting

pluralmatter paintings

Questions about matter painting

What does matter painting mean?
Matter painting means a 1950s art style using impasto paint with everyday materials such as mud or shells added to it.
What part of speech is matter painting?
Matter painting is a noun.
What is the plural of matter painting?
The plural of matter painting is matter paintings.

Words near matter painting in the dictionary

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