1. Plural of oleograph; color prints made by a lithographic process designed to imitate the appearance of oil paintings.
Usage: Chiefly historical; popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries as affordable art reproductions.

Examples

• The Victorian parlor was decorated with oleographs of famous landscapes.
• Oleographs became a popular way for middle-class families to display art in their homes.
• The museum's collection includes several oleographs from the 1880s.
• She inherited a set of oleographs depicting classical scenes from her grandmother.
• Oleographs were mass-produced and sold at affordable prices in the late 1800s.