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
In the oil painting, a young woman in a red dress sits on the edge of a motel bed, gripping the footboard tensely.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 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
A 18th-century oil painting has allegedly been damaged after a museum visitor tripped while taking a selfie.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025
They had inherited the furniture from Coraline’s grandmother, along with a wooden coffee table, a side table, a heavy glass ashtray, and the oil painting of a bowl of fruit.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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