oil painting
Americannoun
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the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
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a painting executed in oil colors.
noun
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a picture painted with oil paints
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the art or process of painting with oil paints
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informal he is not good-looking
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Origin of oil painting
First recorded in 1775–85
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An oil painting depicting a smiling Pretti in glasses, a beanie and a scarf, was among the most recent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Monaco's royal Christmas card is much grander, with a big fire, oil painting, formal clothes, and a sense of regal order.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
The print was one from a limited edition of 850 published in 1973, with the original oil painting having being completed in 1961.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
A campaign to buy and exhibit JMW Turner's earliest known oil painting in a museum has raised more than £100,000 in five days.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
He’d already offered to come to Etten to give Vincent lessons in watercolor and oil painting.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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