![Painting, Medianoche con Hojas Doradas, Chelsea Davine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201002_1_grid.jpg)
Oil Painting for Sale
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Painting, Medianoche con Hojas Doradas, Chelsea Davine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Autumn Moon, Chelsea Davine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200966_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Entrelacs 4, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199221_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N20, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197516_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N19, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197515_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N18, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197514_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N16, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197511_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N13, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197510_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N11, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N10, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197502_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N9, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N8, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197496_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N6, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urban Patchwork, Aram Sevoyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N70, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191363_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N71, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N73, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191361_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N75, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191360_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N77, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191359_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N80, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N81, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191357_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N89, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N26, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tranquillité, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Lares and Di Penates, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209351_1_grid.jpg)
The Lares and Di Penates
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,045
![Painting, Catacomb of Callixtus, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209348_1_grid.jpg)
Catacomb of Callixtus
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
![Painting, A Well in the Comitium, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209345_1_grid.jpg)
A Well in the Comitium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
![Painting, Faille #5, Laure-Anne Lemaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209136_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rock Band, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207823_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perfect pink, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207822_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perfect Blue, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Party, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207819_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Garden, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Midnight, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Butterflies _ n3, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207804_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Butterflies _ n2, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In The Morning / Oil Painting 18, Simon Findlay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203007_1_grid.jpg)
In The Morning / Oil Painting 18
Simon Findlay
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Lots Of Fish, All Swimming, Simon Findlay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201042_1_grid.jpg)
Lots Of Fish, All Swimming
Simon Findlay
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Pin et cyprès, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Résonances sous le Feuillage, Muriel Deumie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181951_1_grid.jpg)
Résonances sous le Feuillage
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$897
![Painting, La rivière, Izabeau Jousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213505_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Canon, Izabeau Jousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213491_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage fragmenté, Evelyne Portal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211315_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage fragmenté, Evelyne Portal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211309_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage fragmenté, Evelyne Portal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage fragmenté, Evelyne Portal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211297_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage fragmenté, Evelyne Portal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211291_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer in the mountains, Igor Navrotskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209258_1_grid.jpg)
Summer in the mountains
Igor Navrotskyi
Painting - 66 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$617
![Painting, Radiant Rooster, Aram Sevoyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208696_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Secret Behind the Colors, Liana Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208695_1_grid.jpg)
Secret Behind the Colors
Liana Ohanyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$320
![Painting, Conversion of Colors, Liana Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208692_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 2024 #1, Jacques Le Brusq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208583_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, She, Kane Mclay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205337_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waiting, Kane Mclay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205336_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sadness, Kane Mclay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205334_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning silance, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204113_1_grid.jpg)
Morning silance
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
![Painting, The Troubadour's Love, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202402_1_grid.jpg)
The Troubadour's Love
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,803
![Painting, Fleurs II, Cécile Girard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirada-I, José Luis Pagador Ponce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188900_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City Crossing, Julia Whitehead](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186646_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Who Are These Angels CXLI, Naoko Paluszak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185285_1_grid.jpg)
Who Are These Angels CXLI
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,250
![Painting, Garden Delights, Naoko Paluszak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185274_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Night Sea - dark minimalism landscape, water, seascape, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182458_1_grid.jpg)
Night Sea - dark minimalism landscape, water, seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,803
![Painting, African lights, Radia Lamrani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chat, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208894_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forêt, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature morte, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208882_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Objets dans l'atelier, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208847_1_grid.jpg)
Objets dans l'atelier
Serge Plagnol
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$729
![Painting, Au marché, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207837_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chantier au bassin, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207834_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voiles en couleurs, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Forgotten Swing, Samvel Atasunts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206165_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Orange Red 7532, Renato Spagnoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201912_1_grid.jpg)
White Orange Red 7532
Renato Spagnoli
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,130
![Painting, 7502, Renato Spagnoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201908_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch, Victoria Horkan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201458_1_grid.jpg)
Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,507 $4,057
![Painting, In Time series, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200099_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crypto King, Kseniya Rai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue VR791 (1), Kseniya Rai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, She wants Bitcoin X10, Kseniya Rai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189005_1_grid.jpg)
She wants Bitcoin X10
Kseniya Rai
Painting - 70 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
![Painting, Trafalgar Square, London, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183364_1_grid.jpg)
Trafalgar Square, London
Ellie Hesse
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$2,121
![Painting, Northern legends.White expansion, Nadezda Stupina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213956_1_grid.jpg)
Northern legends.White expansion
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
![Painting, Floresta en Contreras, Ulpiano Carrasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211651_1_grid.jpg)
Floresta en Contreras
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,287
![Painting, Up the Slope, Jozef Svikruha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La jeune fille à la fenêtre, Anne Horlaville](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206896_1_grid.jpg)
La jeune fille à la fenêtre
Anne Horlaville
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$628
![Painting, Olympic Swimming in Seine Paris 2024 (Piscine Olympique dans la Seine Paris 2024), Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205905_1_grid.jpg)
Olympic Swimming in Seine Paris 2024 (Piscine Olympique dans la Seine Paris 2024)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$544
![Painting, Clin d'oeil, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204409_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le cabanon du bonheur, Brigitte Di Scala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200324_1_grid.jpg)
Le cabanon du bonheur
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,242
![Painting, Emerald, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192261_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Beginning, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Affection 6, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192238_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage abstrait II, Weiquan Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188939_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage abstrait I, Weiquan Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human preservation (6) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (17), Julien Delagrange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187222_1_grid.jpg)
Human preservation (6) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (17)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$2,018
Discover the styles & movements
Discover the selection of our experts
Oil Painting for Sale
Oil painting is a type of paint which involves mixing crushed color pigments usually with linseed oil, although poppy seed oil can also be used. The support on which it is painted must be covered with a primer beforehand so that the layer of paint can adhere to the support; an additional step which is crucial to the creative process and also means that it can be adapted to many types of surfaces.
It was during the Middle Ages that oil painting first appeared and began to be developed in the Western world. The discovery of oil painting is often attributed to the Flemish painter, Jan Van Eyck who had been experimenting with various mixtures. With this new painting technique, his works benefited from new transparency effects and a new type of aesthetic was born. His approach was copied and later shared more widely by other primitive Flemish painters. Oil painting replaced the tempera technique, which uses egg as a binder.
Similarly, the wood on which artists painted was replaced by linen canvas, installed on a frame from the 15th century onwards and later placed on an easel. Although it was well-liked by painters, this medium had its drawbacks; its components were toxic and its preparation required a great amount of artisan savoir-faire in the studio. Despite this, it became closely linked to the visual arts and and was hugely popularised during the Renaissance thanks to the Venetian painters such as Titian, followed closely by the Flemish, including Rubens, before it reached the Netherlands who made it their own, with Rembrandt leading the way.
The 19th and 20th centuries saw oil painting became the number one choice and the preferred medium for for modern times. The mixture no longer had to be prepared by artists in the studio; industrialization had made things easier and the paint came pre-prepared, packaged in tubes. The tin tube was commercialized in France in 1840 and revolutionised the history of art by encouraging the Impressionists to take their brushes and paints outside and paint en plein air. It would slowly be overtaken by acrylic paint a century later which simplified things even further as it was dried faster.
An oil painting canvas also implies that the painter must respect the fat-over-lean principle, meaning that a colors with high oil content (fat) should be applied over layers of paint with lower oil content (lean) to ensure that the painting will last longer and to prevent cracking. Oil painting remains a widely used method and numerous artworks are still made using this technique.
Contemporary artists still master oil painting but sometimes avoid working with it in the same traditional ways of the 20th century. The canvas is often not prepared so that its texture can be seen under the layer of paint, as certain abstract painters have done. Jackson Pollock for example used oil painting but did not glaze his works. He didn't even truly paint his canvases as he used a dripping technique; by shaking his brush he created splashes of paint over the canvas…
On Artsper, explore contemporary paintings by well-known artists including Arman, Salvador Dali and Robert Combas.
Oil painting allows for very efficient mixing of colors and tones. Due to its long drying time, it is possible to alter an oil painting days after the paint has been applied. Oil painting also allows for precision and a range of visual effects.
Oil paint and acrylic paint are produced using different materials. While oil painting consists of pigments suspended in drying oils, acrylic paint is water-based. The main difference between the two is that acrylic paints can be thinned down with water, and dry faster than oil paints.
It is easier to correct mistakes when working in oil paint as they are more opaque than watercolors and can be easily scraped off a surface.