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

There's lots of elegant stonework throughout, contemporary abstract oil paintings on canvases by the island’s resident artist in bright, poppy Pacific tones. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 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

Displaying oil paintings, watercolors, studies, and multiple proofs alongside the full corpus of his etchings, the PMA show allows the viewer to discover the process of etching alongside Homer. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026

The last day on Earth depicted through living oil paintings animated by dense, textured brushstrokes in motion, exploring human emotion. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 July 2026

Collectors won’t want to miss The Adobe Fine Art, an award-winning 10,000-foot space filled with oil paintings of cowboys and gunslingers, fiber sculptures of Native American warriors, traditional Pueblo pottery, and much more. — Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026

The lobbies are lousy with academic-chic décor like books bought by the yard, oil paintings of dead white men, and displays of university memorabilia. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The 68 works — including 10 oil paintings by Kahlo — went on display at the Museum of Modern Art in February, the first public showing in Mexico in almost two decades. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026