"Date paintings" refers to a series of artworks where the main focus is the date they were created. These artworks typically feature a specific date, like a calendar, as the primary subject. Full definition
Visitors could hear One Million Years [Future] being read, while viewing One Million Years [Past] and a group of date paintings. (davidzwirner.com)
Even within those twenty years, one would be hard pressed to date a painting by appearance alone — and a good thing, too. (haberarts.com)
Each image is based in observation of the most nuanced sort — anyone who dates her paintings according to the month has a stake in how time and season change the quality of light. (mnaves.wordpress.com)