oil painting
Americannoun
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oil paintings
plural
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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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One of the stolen artworks is a vertical oil painting on canvas dating back to around 1910 depicting French actress Gabrielle Colonna-Romano.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But Jane, who enters her office to an oil painting of her father, smiling kindly in a maroon armchair, is confident that Sol would have wanted his holdings intact for generations to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The oil painting “Approaching Storm” captures the kind of picturesque scene that would get fine artist Paul Grimm work in early Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Every room needs a focal point, an artful place where your eyes can land,” says Los Angeles-based designer Jeff Andrews, who designed his primary bathroom around a vintage abstract oil painting by Aubrey Penny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
Galileo’s picture is an old oil painting, like something that should be hanging in the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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