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Answer for the clue "Record of suffering that can be glossed over? ", 9 letters:
paintable

Word definitions for paintable in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied. 2 That can be painted (rendered by an artist in paint).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lending itself to being painted; "a highly paintable landscape"; "made of sturdy eminently paintable wood" [ant: unpaintable ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
paintable \paintable\ adj. Lending itself to being painted; as, a highly paintable landscape; made of sturdy eminently paintable wood. Opposite of unpaintable .

Usage examples of paintable.

It is true that the painter may occasionally feel a want of colour, the costumes of the peasant are apt to be dull and heavy, yet not unfrequently rags and tatters bring compensation by picturesque outlines and paintable surface-textures.

His impression had been that Nash had a head quite fine enough to be a challenge, and that as he sat there day by day all sorts of pleasant and paintable things would come out in his face.

When Bragdon essayed a picture in the slack summer season, it was discovered that Milly, for all her vivacious good looks, was not paintable in the full figure.

Then, realizing that a paintable scene was spread before his eye, he forgot the bullets and began to sketch.

He tied the brown lace of my boot in a neat bow, then stood up, looking about himself like an artistsurveying a paintable scene.