oil painting
noun
1
a
: the act or art of painting in oil colors
b
: a picture painted in oils
2
: painting that uses pigments originally ground in oil
Examples of oil painting in a Sentence
He studied oil painting in college.
A large oil painting hangs above the mantel.
Recent Examples on the Web
To the right of the robe hangs a 1944 oil painting Untitled (Don Quixote) by Robert Barrell, an artist active in New York.
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Alexander Brier Marr, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
Inside, next to the door to the governor’s office, is a larger-than-life-size oil painting of the Oklahoma humorist and cowboy icon Will Rogers, himself a Cherokee citizen.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The most valuable artwork to sell last week, however, was a Scrooge McDuck oil painting by Carl Banks ($312,500).
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 July 2024
Drawing a synergetic line between a Venetian oil painting and a post-war British portrait sketch, after all, isn’t all that different from the explosive alchemy of recreating the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram pattern in Supreme red.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 July 2024
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Alexander Brier Marr, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
Inside, next to the door to the governor’s office, is a larger-than-life-size oil painting of the Oklahoma humorist and cowboy icon Will Rogers, himself a Cherokee citizen.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The most valuable artwork to sell last week, however, was a Scrooge McDuck oil painting by Carl Banks ($312,500).
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 July 2024
Drawing a synergetic line between a Venetian oil painting and a post-war British portrait sketch, after all, isn’t all that different from the explosive alchemy of recreating the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram pattern in Supreme red.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 July 2024
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20painting. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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