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Shen also was an accomplished artist, primarily working with oil paints.
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2024
His other main materials are acrylic and oil paints, clay and, for the underlying structure of the sculptures, wood, wire and metal pieces.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
In that era, Andy Warhol, David Hockney and Mark Rothko all used acrylic paint—a plastic polymer popularized in the 1940s as an alternative to traditional oil paint.
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Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
Using oil paint, clay, and bright-yet-earthy tones, the Australian’s simple motifs draw on the natural world and the breezy, summery simplicity of the outdoors, as inspired by her hometown Sydney.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1759, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20paint. Accessed 6 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
oil paint
noun
: paint made with a drying oil
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