Antonyms of adj painterly

1 sense of painterly

Sense 1
painterly -- (having qualities unique to the art of painting)

INDIRECT (VIA aesthetic) -> inaesthetic, unaesthetic -- (violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty; "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles")

Similarity of adj painterly

1 sense of painterly

Sense 1
painterly -- (having qualities unique to the art of painting)
       => aesthetic (vs. inaesthetic), esthetic, aesthetical, esthetical -- (concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success")

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