How to Use oil painting in a Sentence

oil painting

noun

• A large oil painting hangs above the mantel.
• He studied oil painting in college.
• Geary works with oil paints that have cold wax mixed it.
  — Sara Clarkson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• This $9 plate isn’t just a nice splash of green to go with all the fiery red Sichuan chile oil painting the rest of the menu.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• The women in this oil painting seem dressed for a big event.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2020
• Danielle Schwartz didn’t ask for an oil painting of her cat.
  — Joseph Pisani, ajc, 1 Jan. 2021
• The one on the left a detailed oil painting of the royal raccoon king.
  — Rachel Metz, CNN, 30 June 2022
• The look of the V84 is unlikely to appeal to a lot of Mac users as it’s no oil painting.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• The shows featured his oil paintings of landscapes and still lifes.
  — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
• The whereabouts of the third oil painting, depicting the start of a foot race, is unknown.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
• From oil paintings to sculptures and tile mosaics, cats in all of their glory will have the run of the walls for three days.
  — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• An oil painting by Johannes Hüppi hangs at the far left.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
• Now, 13 of her oil paintings will travel to the lunar surface.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• The feel is like stepping into a dark Highway 66 roadhouse, the sound dripping like thick, wet oil paint on the walls.
  — William Goodman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2017
• Oil said activists dumped two cans of tomato soup over the Van Gogh oil painting, one of the Dutch artist’s most iconic works.
  — Time, 15 Oct. 2022
• And make sure to take a gander at the oil paintings that adorn the inn’s walls, done by one of the inn owners, who is also a local artist.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2023
• Bacon worshipped Velázquez, too, who could create depth and dazzle in a dab of oil paint.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
• The oil painting depicts a 13-year-old Tahitian girl named Teha'amana, who Gauguin took as his wife, naked on a bed.
  — Ryan Patrick Hooper, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2020
• An oil painting of white rabbits rests above her head; an oversize Noguchi light hangs from the ceiling.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2023
• Rose, 76, works in oil paint, and Melvin, 77, creates with collage on paintings and sculpture.
  — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 7 June 2019
• One—a small oil painting on a wood panel depicting the profile of an old man in a hat and cloak—made its way to South Africa in the late 1950s.
  — Quartz, 22 May 2021
• In the 1894 oil painting by Daniel Huntington, Harrison’s regal stature is marked by the folds of her satin dress and the coif of her hair.
  — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
• Can a vase intended to hold dahlias compare to an oil painting?
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Mad offered $3,000 for a charcoal print and a full-color oil painting.
  — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
• Pisky looked like an oil painting of some previous war.
  — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
• In one of the house’s four living rooms, an enormous oil painting of George Washington loomed over a pale leather couch.
  — Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2020
• There’s also one asset tied to the sale that hasn’t been spoken for: the physical oil painting by Jones.
  — Gina Pace, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• The stamp features an oil painting of Wilson based on a 2005 photograph.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 29 Jan. 2021
• In an old oil painting, a teenage Arlene Davis is seen smiling under a giant pile of bright red hair.
  — Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Lacey Russell, CNN, 28 May 2021
• Chase and Brooke had been commissioned to create a series of life-size oil paintings and planned a dark, religious theme.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024