Synonyms of oil paintings

oil paintings

noun

plural of oil painting

as in paintings

a picture created with oil paint

hung a beautiful oil painting of the bay on the living room wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paintings
• canvases
• oils
• watercolors
• murals
• frescoes
• panoramas
• drawings
• finger paintings
• etchings
• masterpieces
• temperas
• acrylics
• sketches
• gouaches
• pastels
• aquarelles
• diptychs
• distempers
• pièces de résistance
• triptychs
• showpieces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of oil paintings

The collection includes oil paintings, watercolors and miniatures by artists who lived and worked in India during the 18th and 19th centuries. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

The works were given without any tax incentives and include oil paintings, watercolors, and miniatures by artists who resided in South Asia during the 18th and 19th centuries. — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026

This includes Vera Edwards, who has crafted 44 exquisite oil paintings for the rooms, and discovered that her great-grandmother’s mosaic had been on the original walls in the 1960s. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

The interiors manage to ooze heritage without needing oil paintings of hounds or floral pelmets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The walls are decorated in eye-catching oil paintings of enigmatic, forlorn individuals who compose themselves in much the same manner as the café’s real clientele. — James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

There are also hundreds of his own charcoal drawings and oil paintings, most of which are of Dolores, his female alter ego. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

And on Saturday, Auburn’s defensive stop an inch short of the goal line to beat Baylor 17-16 was the stuff of oil paintings. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026

As usual, the Alley Art Festival on Saturday drew crowds who browsed at dozens of tents featuring oil paintings, sculptures, sketches, jewelry, pottery and other artwork along Water Street Mall and Downer Place. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026