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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Taking you back further to a different period is the Library-Lounge, with its red walls, wood-panelling and oil paintings giving a nod to a Tudor aesthetic.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Hals, too, painted the faces of a new secular élite that sought to flatter itself with the permanence of oil painting; Hals, too, caught the abundance as well as the wobbling precarity of his clients’ world, the sense that all this could tumble down tomorrow.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
There was art, too: big, expensive (up to $200,000 apiece), ironic oil paintings.
—Jay Bulger, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
The ship is stocked with original art, including handsome oil paintings and models of ships that have borne the Rotterdam name, in a sophisticated nod to the line’s long history.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Hals, too, painted the faces of a new secular élite that sought to flatter itself with the permanence of oil painting; Hals, too, caught the abundance as well as the wobbling precarity of his clients’ world, the sense that all this could tumble down tomorrow.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
There was art, too: big, expensive (up to $200,000 apiece), ironic oil paintings.
—Jay Bulger, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
The ship is stocked with original art, including handsome oil paintings and models of ships that have borne the Rotterdam name, in a sophisticated nod to the line’s long history.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20painting. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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