Sentence examples for a time when paintings from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a time when paintings" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period or moment in history or personal experience related to paintings or art.
Example: "There was a time when paintings were the primary form of storytelling in many cultures."
Alternatives: "an era when paintings" or "a period when paintings".

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The examples on view here -- white easel-size canvases savagely punched full of holes and bearing small chunks of colored glass -- look forward to a time when paintings would be treated more and more as objects.

At a time when paintings were expensive, the daguerreotype invention was an increasingly affordable way to remember and respect a loved one.

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Turner's canvases were expressive explosions of color and light at a time when many paintings were pretty literal — to this day, their power remains undiminished.

Turner's canvases were expressive explosions of color and light at a time when many paintings were still pretty darn literal — to this day, their power remains undiminished.

J.M.W.'s Turner's canvases were expressive explosions of color and light at a time when many paintings were still pretty darn literal — to this day, their power remains undiminished.

At a time when top-tier paintings are failing to sell for millions, the market is searching for relative deals.

At first they seem to hail from a time when Frank Stella's shaped paintings, with their repeating bands of metallic color, had painters doing everything possible to avoid conventional paint on canvas and square corners.

6, 1951," one of the hypnotic black paintings Jackson Pollock did at a time when he was moving away from his famous drip paintings into more figurative works.

For all their beauty, these paintings also symbolise a time when major art institutions such as Opera Australia collaborated with contemporary visual artists – which rarely happens these days.

His paintings are idealizations of a passing world, painted at a time when Puerto Rico was evolving into the modern, industrialized society it is today.

The current exhibition, "Greetings From Laguna Beach," features photos, paintings and memorabilia from a time when Laguna was a rustic, plein-air painters' paradise.

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