as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
hung a beautiful oil painting of the bay on the living room wall
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There is an 1877 oil painting by Mihály Munkácsy, at the New York Public Library, of the poet and his daughters around a table.
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Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Featuring over 40 oil paintings of historic Milford.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
The exhibit includes several of the oil paintings and pastels that Cassatt (1844-1926) showed at the 1879 show, a success for her and other artists.
—Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
The club is replete with oil paintings of many of Britain’s most important seafarers and each year hosts Cowes Race Week, the country’s sailing equivalent to Wimbledon.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
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Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Featuring over 40 oil paintings of historic Milford.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
The exhibit includes several of the oil paintings and pastels that Cassatt (1844-1926) showed at the 1879 show, a success for her and other artists.
—Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
The club is replete with oil paintings of many of Britain’s most important seafarers and each year hosts Cowes Race Week, the country’s sailing equivalent to Wimbledon.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
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