The Collaborative International Dictionary
Painture
Painture \Pain"ture\ (p[=a]n"t[-u]r; 135), n. [F. peinture. See
Paint, v. t., and cf. Picture.]
The art of painting. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Dryden.
Wiktionary
painture
n. (context obsolete English) The art of painting.