Definition
oleographs
noun
- 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.