oil painting

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One exhibition space features a rarely shown oil painting which Central Library architect Bertram Goodhue commissioned to convince the library administration and board of commissioners to approve his eclectic building design.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

In the oil painting, a young woman in a red dress sits on the edge of a motel bed, gripping the footboard tensely.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

The piece was painted in 1972, when Turner was 17, and is the first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Turner's first ever exhibited oil painting is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

The wooden clock with its loud tick-tick-tick and the oil painting of the village Gramps was from.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour