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
The collection, worth millions, comprises some 1,500 oil paintings, including works by Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens, though their rightful owners remain unknown.
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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
The art mediums vary, from oil paintings to sculptures and colored drawings.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
What once was a small drawing or painting has become breathtaking large scale oil paintings.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Typically, Rockwell created his Saturday Evening Post covers using oils, then the magazine would reproduce those oil paintings.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Any of the original 19th-century art on the walls of every bedroom and hallway—from oil paintings to etchings to political cartoons warrant inclusion here.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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
The art mediums vary, from oil paintings to sculptures and colored drawings.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
What once was a small drawing or painting has become breathtaking large scale oil paintings.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Typically, Rockwell created his Saturday Evening Post covers using oils, then the magazine would reproduce those oil paintings.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Any of the original 19th-century art on the walls of every bedroom and hallway—from oil paintings to etchings to political cartoons warrant inclusion here.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil paintings
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Drawn from the museum’s founding collection, the exhibitions aim trace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics, and modern cinema, including props and costumes from the Lucas Archives.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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One of New York’s oldest and most esteemed commercial galleries, Knoedler closed down in 2011 amid allegations of profiting from forgeries of paintings by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and others.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The curators Christine Riding and Lucy Bamford have brought together ten canvases that were originally shown in London between 1765 and 1773—the pieces thanks to which, during his mid-thirties, the North Midlands artist first secured a national reputation.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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While some canvases feature just fencing and textile patterns, others incorporate hands and figures, sometimes in vulnerable moments.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Oil paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20paintings. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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