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
Synonyms of oil painting
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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Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Safran takes ceramics and oil painting classes, attends water aerobics, plays bridge, and goes to art workshops.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
On one wall was an oil painting of a ship, artist unknown.
—Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
The film, created by Chinese student C·one and inspired by a team member’s relative suffering from the disease, uses an oil painting aesthetic to depict the inner world of someone experiencing cognitive decline.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oil painting
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20painting. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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