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
Other Word Forms
- oil painter noun
Etymology
Origin of oil painting
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Yet as the Civil War wound down, Homer successfully turned to oil paintings.
The Picture Library was established in 1961 and includes oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, photographs and a variety of prints.
From BBC
He told me to take up hobbies to distract myself, as he had done—hunting, oil painting, and so on.
From Literature
The oil painting's floral elements, which later became one of Klimt's characteristic traits, show "a key phase in the evolution of his artistic language", Weidinger said.
From Barron's
Why can’t we design something that actually helps humans do things quickly, so I could practice piano or oil paintings that makes me happy, or hang out with friends and family?
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