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.
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Until Lynn’s death in 2023, the two oil paintings hung in the living room of their home in Mamaroneck, New York.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
At a garage sale in Minnesota, an antiques collector bought a thick impasto oil painting of a fisherman for less than $50.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 Jan. 2025
In Edvard Munch’s oil painting Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), a man and a woman stand side by side, but there’s a noticeable gap between them.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Based on the X-ray visuals, experts then created an oil painting of the man.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
At a garage sale in Minnesota, an antiques collector bought a thick impasto oil painting of a fisherman for less than $50.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 Jan. 2025
In Edvard Munch’s oil painting Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), a man and a woman stand side by side, but there’s a noticeable gap between them.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Based on the X-ray visuals, experts then created an oil painting of the man.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20painting. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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