English edit

Etymology edit

non- +‎ painting

Adjective edit

nonpainting (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly art) Not painting; other than painting
    • 2007 February 16, Roberta Smith, “Painting in the Heady Days, After It Was Proclaimed Dead”, in New York Times[1]:
      The nonpainting trends of those years have been relentlessly celebrated and valorized by museums, art historians and biennials.