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Webster 1913 Edition


Oleograph

Oˊle-o-graph

,
Noun.
[L.
oleum
oil +
-graph
.]
1.
(Chem.)
The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
2.
(Painting)
A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.

Definition 2024


oleograph

oleograph

English

Noun

oleograph (plural oleographs)

  1. (art) A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting