A painting was a type of artwork, usually a two-dimensional image crafted on a canvas with pigments. (VOY novel: Mosaic)
Media included watercolor, oil, and light. (FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Officer's Manual)
Related art forms included murals and frescos. Sand was used in sand painting. Holography was used in airpainting[1], Betazoid mood-paintings[2], and Aneurian mood paintings[3].
Specifics
Vulcan painting usually aimed to evoke serenity. T'rel was known for her watercolor painting. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans)
Early Romulan abstract art was inspired by mathematics. (TOS novel: The Romulan Way) Later, the Firefalls of Gal'Gathong and other landmarks became popular painting subjects on Romulus. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of D'era: The Romulan Star Empire)
The Louvre in Paris on Earth displayed museum masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, as well as the works of Titian, Rembrandt, and Bolian veritist Lok Ketsral. (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth) In 2380, it held an exhibit of newly-found paintings by D'Mack of Vulcan. (VOY novel: Full Circle)
History
20th century
Walls of the Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder editorial offices were decorated with paintings and drawings that had been published in the magazine. Roy Ritterhouse brought several paintings one day, one of which inspired Benny Russell to write about Deep Space 9. (DS9 episode & novelization: Far Beyond the Stars)
Roberta Lincoln watched a three year old Augment child accurately recreate the Mona Lisa from memory with watercolors. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)
22nd century
In 2152, Hoshi Sato and Charles Tucker III made records of various art and paintings found in a four thousand year old building, but had to depart by transporter when an approaching polaric energy storm approached. (ENT episode: "Vanishing Point")
23rd century
In the 2250s, Chief Alun Fifield kept a painting of the Earth-Romulan War's Battle of Upsilon Andromedae in his office at Starfleet Academy. (TOS novel: Academy: Collision Course)
Nyota Uhura considered French impressionists as the greatest painters who had ever lived. (TOS novel: The Starless World)
In 2268, Commodore Favere adorned the corridors of Starbase 12 with paintings and other artifacts from the Ancient West. (TOS novel: The Starship Trap)
In 2268, Leonard McCoy kept a painting of a Georgia antebellum mansion in his quarters. (TOS novel: Faces of Fire)
In 2268, Spock identified a number of authentic paintings by da Vinci, Reginald Pollock, and Sten in the immortal Flint's home on Holberg 917G. Flint claimed to have been da Vinci. (TOS - Star Trek 5 novelization: Requiem for Methuselah)
In 2270, Lisa Nguyen bought a painting of wild horses in a desert setting at sunset from a vendor at Starbase 9. (TOS novel: Bloodthirst)
In 2274, Clara Mandeville kept a reproduction of an oil painting of the RMS Titanic aboard her quarters on the
In the 2280s, sickbay and various quarters aboard USS Hastings were decorated with paintings by CMO Lisa Tremaine. She enjoyed painting landscapes of worlds visited by the starship. (FASA RPG module: Demand of Honor)
Room R10 of the Starfleet Museum on Memory Alpha contained artistic renderings of battles from the Four Years War. (FASA RPG module: Old Soldiers Never Die)
At a spaceport, Nyota Uhura and Pavel Chekov once visited a gallery that artfully hid animals and people's faces within landscape paintings. Uhura thought they were clever, but they bothered Chekov. (ST - New Earth novel: Rough Trails)
24th century
A large painting of Richard Daystrom adorned the main atrium of Alpha Sigma IX's annex of the Daystrom Institute. (NF novel: Stone and Anvil)
Deanna Troi and William Riker developed their relationship on Betazed starting with a nameless abstract painting Riker described as having "goopy" swirls. (TNG novels: Imzadi, Triangle: Imzadi II)
In the 2360s, Phoebe Janeway studied painting and fine arts. (VOY novel: Mosaic) Painting eventually became her career. (VOY novel: Protectors)
In 2368, Libby Lattimore's paintings were showcased at an art gallery on Market Street in San Francisco. Her canvases ranged from tiny to wall-sized. (VOY novel: Pathways)
Prior to 2372, Ekoria's husband painted two images of how the Teplan homeworld looked prior to the arrival of the Teplan blight, once on canvas and again on a mural. (DS9 episode: "The Quickening")
In 2372, t'Saiga advised Data that, in order to take up painting again, he should delete his composite analysis of the works of 500 artists including Michelangelo, Claude Monet, and da Vinci. Padraig Daniels and t'Saiga described art as a result of subjective interpretation and emotional impression. Without the dataset as a starting point, Data painted Spot 68 times. Though he hadn't been satisfied, Daniels thought all were excellently done. (TNG - Slings and Arrows eBook: The Oppressor's Wrong)
Tora Ziyal once crafted a prize-winning painting. Her father gave it to Weyoun in 2374, but the Vorta genetically lacked the ability to appreciate its artistry. (DS9 episode: "Favor the Bold") After the Dominion War, a portfolio of her paintings was salvaged from underground archives at the Cardassia Institute of Art, only to be vandalized while on display at Deep Space 9. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novels: This Gray Spirit, Cathedral)
Morn won a painting of a bull fighter at an auction at Quark's in 2374. (DS9 episode: "In the Cards") He hid an access chip inside it, which Quark later discovered. (DS9 episode: "Who Mourns for Morn?")
In 2375, Benyan painted a portrait of his Bajoran cult leader Skrain Dukat. (DS9 episode: "Covenant")
Groups of paintings in an archive on Stratos were key to unlocking a schematic of the city. Two, including As Above, were booby trapped. In 2377, the archive was visited by an away team from the USS da Vinci. (SCE eBook: Signs from Heaven)
In 2381, Brad Boimler and Sam Rutherford argued about whether to decorate their quarters with a watercolor or an oil painting of the USS Enterprise-D. (LD episode: "Something Borrowed, Something Green")
Alternate realities
In an alternate timeline where Leonard McCoy saved the life of Edith Keeler, for a first wedding anniversary gift in 1955, McCoy commissioned a painting of himself and Lynn Dickenson taking their vows. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)
In an alternate reality in which Lal survived, she painted in various styles, including impressionism. Data most prized her paintings of him and Noonien Soong. (ST - Myriad Universes - Shattered Light novella: The Embrace of Cold Architects)
Jean-Luc Picard displayed his former ready room painting of the USS Enterprise-D at Chateau Picard after he retired from Starfleet. In an alternate timeline where the Confederation of Earth formed, the painting was of the CSS World Razer. (PIC episode: "Penance")
In fiction
In the Centauran holonovel The Doom That Came to Korath, King Korvos owned a large painting depicting his dynasty founder and queen just prior to him beheading a group of prisoners. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Holodeck Adventures)
Notable paintings
- Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (TOS movie & novelization: The Undiscovered Country)
- Adoration of the Magi (VOY episode: "Concerning Flight")
- The Agosoria Nebula (ST - Mirror Universe novel: Obsidian Alliances)
- American Gothic (ENT novel: Daedalus's Children)
- Angel With Lute (TOS episode: "Requiem for Methuselah")
- Annunciation (VOY episode: "Scientific Method")
- As Above (SCE eBook: Signs from Heaven)
- Bajor at Peace (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Twilight, ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night)
- The Blue Boy (TNG episode: "Elementary, Dear Data")
- The Battle of Anghiari (VOY episode: "Concerning Flight")
- The Battle of HarOs (TNG novels: Diplomatic Implausibility, A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
- Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (ST - Destiny novels: Gods of Night, Lost Souls, TNG novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Charlotte Corday in Prison (VOY episode: "The Cloud")
- A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano (TNG novel: Gulliver's Fugitives)
- City of B'hala (DS9 episode: "Rapture", DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Twilight, ST - Typhon Pact novel: Rough Beasts of Empire, DS9 novel: Original Sin)
- Colored Campbell’s Soup Cans (TLE novel: Well of Souls)
- The Concert (VOY episode: "The Killing Game")
- The Creation of Adam (TNG - Cold Equations novel: The Persistence of Memory)
- Croquet Scene (TNG episode: "Time's Arrow")
- Dance in Tehuantepec (TOS episode: "Requiem for Methuselah")
- Daughter (PIC episode: "Remembrance")
- Gallitep (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit)
- Grande Odalisque (VOY episode: "The Killing Game")
- King Louis XVI (TNG episode: "Elementary, Dear Data")
- Lady With an Ermine (VOY episode: "Scorpion")
- The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson at Chancellorsville (TOS episode: "The Cage")
- Leda and the Swan (VOY episode: "The Killing Game")
- The Molecular Structure of Certain Amino Acids (TNG novel: Reunion)
- The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil (SNW episode: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow")
- Mona Lisa (ST novel: Engines of Destiny, TOS novel: Ex Machina, Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
- Mont Sainte-Victoire (TOS novel: Cast No Shadow)
- Moses Showing the Tables of the Law to the People (TOS episode: "The Cage")
- Nascence (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night)
- Paris Street; Rainy Day (VOY episode: "11:59")
- Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk (Leonardo da Vinci self-portrait, VOY episode: "Unimatrix Zero", TNG novel: Immortal Coil)
- Persistence of Memory (TNG episode: "The Most Toys", TOS novel: The Starship Trap)
- The Scream (TOS novel: The Face of the Unknown)
- Servado's Agony (TNG novel: The Captain's Honor)
- ShiKahr Sunrise (DS9 - Gateways novel: Demons of Air and Darkness)
- Spot's Repose (TNG - Slings and Arrows eBook: The Oppressor's Wrong)
- The Starry Night (Last Unicorn RPG module: Raiders, Renegades & Rogues, TNG episode: "The Most Toys")
- Still Life, with Philosophy (TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)
- Tableau I with Red, Black, Blue and Yellow (TNG episode: "The Offspring")
- The Virgin and Child With Saint Anne (VOY novel: Scientific Method)
- A Woman Holding a Balance (TNG episode: "The Game")
Painters
Notable painters
- Acto Viri (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Twilight)
- Azeni Korena (DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novellas: Bajor: Fragments and Omens, Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed)
- Chesley Bonestell (TNG novelization: Encounter at Farpoint)
- Hieronymus Bosch (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Paul Cézanne (TOS novel: Cast No Shadow)
- Salvador Dali (TNG episode: "The Most Toys", TNG novel: Gulliver's Fugitives)
- D'Mack (VOY novel: Full Circle)
- Galoren Sen (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night)
- Raban Gedroe (TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)
- Giotto (DSC episode: "Die Trying")
- Vincent van Gogh (DS9 episode: "Second Sight", TNG novel: Immortal Coil)
- El Greco (TOS novel: Across the Universe)
- Phoebe Janeway (VOY novel: Protectors)
- Libby Lattimore (VOY novel: Pathways)
- Lok Ketsral (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
- Kira Meru (DS9 episode: "Second Skin", DS9 - Terok Nor novel: Night of the Wolves)
- Robert McCall (TNG novelization: Encounter at Farpoint)
- Michelangelo (TNG episode: "Descent", TNG - Cold Equations novel: The Persistence of Memory)
- Claude Monet (ST - Destiny novel: Gods of Night, TNG novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Edvard Munch (TOS novel: The Face of the Unknown)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (TNG novel: Ship of the Line)
- Maxfield Parrish (TAS - Log Three novelization: Once Upon a Planet)
- Pablo Picasso (TNG - The Sky's the Limit short story: "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven")
- Reginald Pollock (TOS - Star Trek 5 novelization: Requiem for Methuselah)
- Rembrandt (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth, TNG novel: Immortal Coil)
- Roy Ritterhouse (DS9 episode & novelization: Far Beyond the Stars)
- Mark Rothko (DSC episode: "Face the Strange")
- Gideon Seyetik (DS9 episode: "Second Sight")
- S'larok (ST - Mirror Universe novel: Obsidian Alliances)
- Sten (TOS - Star Trek 5 novelization: Requiem for Methuselah)
- Tarinas (DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novella: Cardassia: The Lotus Flower)
- Janel Tigan (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral)
- Titian (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
- T'Nare (DS9 - Gateways novel: Demons of Air and Darkness)
- Topeka (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral)
- T'rel (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans)
- t'Saiga (TNG - Slings and Arrows eBook: The Oppressor's Wrong)
- J.M.W. Turner (TAS - Log Six novelization: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth)
- Leonardo da Vinci (TOS episode & Star Trek 5 novelization: Requiem for Methuselah, VOY episodes: "Scorpion", "The Raven", "Scientific Method", TNG novel: Immortal Coil)
- Vogellieder (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2)
- Andy Warhol (TLE novel: Well of Souls)
- Grant Wood (ENT novel: Daedalus's Children)
- Lura bn Zel (TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose)
- Dorin Zhagan (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night)
Hobbyist painters
- Allyson (VOY novel: The Farther Shore)
- Jenniver Aristeides (TOS novel: The Entropy Effect)
- Banda (FASA RPG module: A Doomsday Like Any Other)
- Benyan (DS9 episode: "Covenant")
- Siobhan Bryn (TNG - Slings and Arrows eBook: The Oppressor's Wrong)
- Emilie Casimir (TNG novel: A Fury Scorned)
- Padraig Daniels (TNG - Slings and Arrows eBook: The Oppressor's Wrong)
- Data (TNG episodes: "11001001", "The Most Toys", "In Theory", TNG episodes: "Hero Worship", "Birthright", "Inheritance", PIC episode: "Remembrance", TNG - Strange New Worlds VI short story: "Our Million-Year Mission", TNG - The Sky's the Limit short story: "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven", TOS novels: Dark Victory, Captain's Blood)
- The Doctor (VOY episode: "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy")
- Iliana Ghemor (DS9 novel: Fearful Symmetry)
- Valentina Ilianov (FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual)
- Kathryn Janeway (VOY episodes: "Macrocosm", "Scorpion", VOY - Gateways novel: No Man's Land)
- Karg (DS9 novel: The 34th Rule)
- Kahless II (TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
- Jacob Kell (TOS novel: Devil World)
- Ethan Locken (DS9 - S31 novel: Abyss)
- Marla McGivers (TOS episode: "Space Seed", TOS novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh)
- Maximus O'Connor (FASA RPG module: The Federation)
- Gina Pace (TNG novel: Perchance to Dream)
- Padrin (TNG - The Genesis Wave novel: Genesis Force)
- Jean-Luc Picard (TNG episode: "A Matter of Perspective")
- Pamela Quiller (FASA RPG module: Conflict of Interests)
- Shad (FASA RPG module: Operation Starling)
- Terrence St. Simon (FASA RPG module: The Mines of Selka)
- T'Pev (VOY novel: Homecoming)
- Selene Trikaka (FASA RPG module: Decision at Midnight)
- Lwaxana Troi (TNG novels: Imzadi, Triangle: Imzadi II)
Collectors
- Joran Belar (DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor")
- Kivas Fajo (TNG episode: "The Most Toys")
- Gell Kamemor (TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)
- Danig Kell (TLE novel: The Art of the Impossible)
- Korven (DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novella: Cardassia: The Lotus Flower)
- James Moriarty (TNG episode: "Elementary, Dear Data")
- Palchelle (DTI novel: Forgotten History)
- Noonien Soong (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)
Institutions
- Betazed Art Institute (DS9 - Tales of the Dominion War short story: "The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned")
- Betazed museum of art (TNG novels: Imzadi, Triangle: Imzadi II)
- Cardassia Institute of Art (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit, DS9 novel: Prophecy and Change)
- Dahkur Institute of Art (DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novella: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
- Louvre (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
- Manhattan Museum of Art (TNG - Double Helix novel: Red Sector)
Appendices
Background
- Short story author Logan Page is a professional painter and sculptor. (ST anthology: Strange New Worlds III)
References
- TOS novel: The Vulcan Academy Murders
- TOS novel: Doctor's Orders
- TOS novel: Shell Game
- TNG novel: Balance of Power
- CCG set: The Fajo Collection, card: "Persistence of Memory"
- TNG - A Time to... novel: A Time to Sow
External links
- Painting article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Painting article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.