油彩画(ゆさいが)

ゆさいが
noun
oil painting (the artwork)
art
1. oil painting (the artwork)
A painting made with oil paints.
美術館(びじゅつかん)に油彩画(ゆさいが)が飾(かざ)られている。
Oil paintings are displayed in the art museum.
この油彩画(ゆさいが)は十九世紀(じゅうきゅうせいき)のフランスで描(えが)かれた。
This oil painting was painted in nineteenth-century France.
祖父(そふ)は趣味(しゅみ)で油彩画(ゆさいが)を描(か)いており、自宅(じたく)には何十枚(なんじゅうまい)もの作品(さくひん)がある。
My grandfather paints oil paintings as a hobby, and there are dozens of works at his home.

Refers specifically to a painting created with oil-based paints. The formal term for what is colloquially called 油絵(あぶらえ). Oil painting as a technique was introduced to Japan during the Meiji period.

Common collocations

  • 油彩画(ゆさいが)を描(か)く: to paint an oil painting
  • 油彩画(ゆさいが)展(てん): oil painting exhibition
  • 小品(しょうひん)の油彩画(ゆさいが): a small oil painting

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Compare: 油絵(あぶらえ) (oil painting)
Compare: 水彩画(すいさいが) (watercolor painting)
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