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![Painting, Amarylis rouge, Virginie Cadoret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mozarts in Vienna, Tinatin Chkhikvishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199551_1_grid.jpg)
Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,400
![Painting, Penumbra, David Walker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189224_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solitude, Gobe Joseph](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216606_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Bridge to Serenity, Stepan Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217722_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La primavera impaciente, Ulpiano Carrasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216270_1_grid.jpg)
La primavera impaciente
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€6,500
![Painting, Fragmentation, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212996_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmentation
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€570
![Painting, Phone Conversation, Abdulateef Salaudeen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214849_1_grid.jpg)
Phone Conversation
Abdulateef Salaudeen
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,940
![Painting, Hawaii Fish Cave, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A day at the beach, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208942_1_grid.jpg)
A day at the beach
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,313
![Painting, Lilac and Pears, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amor - Cupid, Paulina Halasova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212160_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clair de lune, Agnès Olmer Zlatine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209255_1_grid.jpg)
Clair de lune
Agnès Olmer Zlatine
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Descalça per casa, Alicia Grau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleur, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Birch Forest IV small, Helen Brough](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194450_1_grid.jpg)
Birch Forest IV small
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,040
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![Painting, Chemin, Annie Madec](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182938_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Réflexion printanière, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216419_1_grid.jpg)
Réflexion printanière
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Majestic Companions, Shahen Aleksandryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213008_1_grid.jpg)
Majestic Companions
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,261
![Painting, Lazy Sunday, Leo Ray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212174_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Close To The Sun, Dana Gordon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212173_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon, Xavier Albert Fiala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191237_1_grid.jpg)
Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 49.7 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 15 x 0.2 inch
€1,092
![Painting, Yerevan Morning, Aram Movsisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215843_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Herramienta en Amarillo. From The Composition with Tools series, Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208259_1_grid.jpg)
Herramienta en Amarillo. From The Composition with Tools series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€970
![Painting, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Neal Turner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193145_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le plongeon/2, Jean-Jacques Venturini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199831_1_grid.jpg)
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Natacha, David Kandelaki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214322_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Logs - Middle Beach - AGAIN. Zoom out., Chrissy Nickerson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196298_1_grid.jpg)
Logs - Middle Beach - AGAIN. Zoom out.
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 64 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 25.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,630
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![Painting, BCM3010233, André Nadal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212439_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Evening city over the sea bay. The triptych. An atmospheric seascape in blue, Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211972_1_grid.jpg)
Evening city over the sea bay. The triptych. An atmospheric seascape in blue
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Le concert champêtre - Musique et orchestre en plein air, Claude Frégère](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206969_1_grid.jpg)
Le concert champêtre - Musique et orchestre en plein air
Claude Frégère
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,240
![Painting, L'envole I - préchauffage, Patricia Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203096_1_grid.jpg)
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,200 €1,980
![Painting, Le vol des perroquets, Raimundo Bida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215763_1_grid.jpg)
Le vol des perroquets
Raimundo Bida
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
![Painting, White Quartett, Doris Marten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213662_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Papillion, Francesco Calistri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213407_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chat et le papillon, Vincent Bardou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213343_1_grid.jpg)
Le chat et le papillon
Vincent Bardou
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Cupid on Wooden Horse, Lilit Soghomonyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193073_1_grid.jpg)
Cupid on Wooden Horse
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
![Painting, Tranquility, Ogunleke Festus Abiodun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208381_1_grid.jpg)
Tranquility
Ogunleke Festus Abiodun
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,698
![Painting, Narodni trida, Prague, Ivan Klymenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206263_1_grid.jpg)
Narodni trida, Prague
Ivan Klymenko
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,150
![Painting, Escape trajectory variation 20, Kim Atlin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196431_1_grid.jpg)
Escape trajectory variation 20
Kim Atlin
Painting - 102 x 99 x 6 cm Painting - 40.2 x 39 x 2.4 inch
€1,975
![Painting, The Guard, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cerisier dans la Roche, Corine Lescop](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206087_1_grid.jpg)
Cerisier dans la Roche
Corine Lescop
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€1,300
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![Painting, Solitude by the Sea, Karine Harutyunyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217085_1_grid.jpg)
Solitude by the Sea
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€291
![Painting, Coffee and Biscuits, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214973_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Harlequin Mystique, Lilith Gurekhyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212297_1_grid.jpg)
Harlequin Mystique
Lilith Gurekhyan
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€728
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![Painting, Dame en création, Willy Suter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stag Materializing, Gill Bustamante](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216449_1_grid.jpg)
Stag Materializing
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
€3,206
![Painting, Histories etched in Crimson, Evelina Vine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213854_1_grid.jpg)
Histories etched in Crimson
Evelina Vine
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Source, Aloyzas Smilingis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200135_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lianes 3, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189434_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition abstraite, Marcel Mouly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187266_1_grid.jpg)
Composition abstraite
Marcel Mouly
Painting - 35 x 33.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.1 x 0 inch
€12,000
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![Painting, A Little Song Of Paradise, Delyafruz Bagirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183334_1_grid.jpg)
A Little Song Of Paradise
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
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![Painting, Ombre rouge, Joel Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207869_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le lézard s'enivre de soleil, Marc Janson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215156_1_grid.jpg)
Le lézard s'enivre de soleil
Marc Janson
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€3,695
![Painting, Floral harmony - Italian painting, Bruno Tinucci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209617_1_grid.jpg)
Floral harmony - Italian painting
Bruno Tinucci
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€525
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![Painting, Architectural Harmony, Arto Mkrtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215140_1_grid.jpg)
Architectural Harmony
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€437
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My Skin Colour... Gift or Curse?
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
€1,601
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Enchanted hamlet - Tuscany painting landscape
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€250
![Painting, Neboa en Trevinca, Paco Ascón Callejo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209958_1_grid.jpg)
Neboa en Trevinca
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
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![Painting, Paysage de montagnes enneigées et vue sur le lac, Victor Schütz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217590_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage de montagnes enneigées et vue sur le lac
Victor Schütz
Painting - 41.5 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 16.3 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,494
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Amor y montaña desde Cuba
José Luis Alonso Samper
Painting - 60 x 90 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€3,000
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Baie de Naples et pêcheurs
Roberto Scognamiglio
Painting - 24 x 27.5 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 10.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,922
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Silent Conversations
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,892
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Le passage de la locomotive
Francisco Severino
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
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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.