oil painting

noun

1. the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
2. a painting executed in oil colors.

oil painting

noun

1. a picture painted with oil paints
2. the art or process of painting with oil paints
3. he's no oil painting informal.
   he is not good-looking

Other Words From

• oil painter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of oil painting¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

And cracked it is, a fine web of fractures disrupting the once soft and seamless surface — inevitable in an oil painting on wooden panel of its ancient age.

From Los Angeles Times

Made for Amsterdam's Arquebusiers Guild Hall, Rembrandt van Rijn's 1642 oil painting is one of the earliest to portray a group in action.

From BBC

Also on the ticket - an oil painting of King George V and a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon signed by monarchist and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

From BBC

“I remember this smell,” he says, plopping down on a ratty sofa beneath a faded oil painting.

From Los Angeles Times

An artist who creates realistic oil paintings of the eggs his partner fries for brunch has so far sold more than 600 of them.

From BBC

Related Words

• art
• canvas
• composition
• depiction
• landscape
• mural
• picture
• portrait
• sketch