as in paintings
a picture created with oil paint
hung a beautiful oil painting of the bay on the living room wall
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Recent Examples of oil paintings
Cy Hundley Chris Loverseed has been a dog trainer for more than 15 years, and more recently, an art lover—specifically, two large oil paintings of his dogs that hang on the walls of his Melbourne home.
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The club’s iconic lunette windows (as seen on Paramount+ series, Landman) offer unique city views, with oil paintings and floor-to-ceiling wood-paneling dialing up the charm.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
There remained his oil paintings and the many books marked by his handwriting in the margins—now mere traces of him.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
The 10 oil paintings, which are on the 18-meter-high (60-foot-high) ceilings of the renowned Burgtheater in Austria’s capital, are being restored because of water damage.
—ABC News, 5 May 2026
The collection, worth millions, comprises some 1,500 oil paintings, including works by Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens, though their rightful owners remain unknown.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
On display throughout the property is an impressive art collection focusing on emerging and established Latin American and international talents with large-scale sculptures, oil paintings, ceramics, mosaics and lithographs.
—Carole Dixon, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Franco, who came to Miami with her family from Venezuela, has made a series of oil paintings of people and scenes from the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, where her mother is a vendor.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
The lobby is framed by walls awash in a deep olive green and accented by oil paintings and tapestries depicting the city.
—John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The club’s iconic lunette windows (as seen on Paramount+ series, Landman) offer unique city views, with oil paintings and floor-to-ceiling wood-paneling dialing up the charm.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
There remained his oil paintings and the many books marked by his handwriting in the margins—now mere traces of him.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
The 10 oil paintings, which are on the 18-meter-high (60-foot-high) ceilings of the renowned Burgtheater in Austria’s capital, are being restored because of water damage.
—ABC News, 5 May 2026
The collection, worth millions, comprises some 1,500 oil paintings, including works by Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens, though their rightful owners remain unknown.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
On display throughout the property is an impressive art collection focusing on emerging and established Latin American and international talents with large-scale sculptures, oil paintings, ceramics, mosaics and lithographs.
—Carole Dixon, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Franco, who came to Miami with her family from Venezuela, has made a series of oil paintings of people and scenes from the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, where her mother is a vendor.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
The lobby is framed by walls awash in a deep olive green and accented by oil paintings and tapestries depicting the city.
—John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil paintings
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Creatives love staying at this boutique property, where murals cover the walls, the rooms feature one-of-a-kind paintings and the Musicians in Residence program brings artists like Thievery Corporation, Rufus du Sol and Khruangbin to the hotel.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
4 June 2026
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Founded in 1964 by the city of Miami Beach, the Bass began with the collection of John Bass, president of Puerto Rico’s Fajardo Sugar Company, and his wife Johanna, some 500 works spanning Old Master paintings, textiles, and sculptures.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
4 June 2026
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Recently, though, those humble paddles have become more akin to canvases.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
23 May 2026
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Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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“Oil paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20paintings. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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