noun
- Plural of oleography; prints or reproductions made by a process that imitates the appearance of oil paintings.
Usage: technical; art history
Examples
- The museum's collection includes several 19th-century oleographies that were popular decorative items.
- Victorian homes were often adorned with oleographies of landscapes and still life compositions.
- These oleographies were affordable alternatives to original oil paintings for middle-class families.
- The artist's oleographies demonstrated the technical skill of chromolithographic printing.