noun
- a color print made by a lithographic process that imitates the appearance of an oil painting
Usage: often used to describe decorative or mass-produced art prints from the 19th and early 20th centuries
Examples
- The antique shop displayed several oleographs of pastoral landscapes from the Victorian era.
- She collected oleographs as affordable alternatives to original oil paintings.
- The oleograph captured the texture and color depth of a traditional oil painting.
- Museums sometimes exhibit oleographs to show how mass-produced art was distributed in the 1800s.
- He framed an oleograph of a famous Renaissance painting for his living room.