oil painting

noun

1. the art or technique of painting with oil colors.

2. a painting executed in oil colors.

oil painting

noun

1. a picture painted with oil paints

2. the art or process of painting with oil paints

3. informal,  he is not good-looking

Other Word Forms

• oil painter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of oil painting¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Related Words

• art 
• canvas 
• composition 
• depiction 
• landscape 
• mural 
• picture 
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