油彩画(ゆさいが)

ゆさいが
noun
oil painting (the artwork)
1. oil painting (the artwork)
oil painting (the artwork)
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

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 油絵(あぶらえ): oil painting — the everyday, colloquial equivalent
  • 水彩画(すいさいが): watercolor painting — uses water-soluble paints; lighter and more transparent than oil
  • 油彩(ゆさい): oil painting (technique/medium) — refers to the method rather than the finished work
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