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![Painting, Él me ama, Daniel Sarciat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217421_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Infinito CIII, Paco Muñoz Santana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214997_1_grid.jpg)
Infinito CIII
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.3 inch
$895
![Painting, Whispers in the Dusk, Seyran Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214808_1_grid.jpg)
Whispers in the Dusk
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$250
![Painting, Elegance in Twilight, Ruzanna Melqumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213948_1_grid.jpg)
Elegance in Twilight
Ruzanna Melqumyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$650
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![Painting, Still Life with Sunlit Blooms, Lilith Gurekhyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212139_1_grid.jpg)
Still Life with Sunlit Blooms
Lilith Gurekhyan
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$800
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An escape from emotion 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 137.2 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 34 x 1 inch
$500
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Pomegranate delight-texture fruit painting, red and green colors
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$860
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Le gobelet d'argent
Françoise Danel
Painting - 116 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,803
![Painting, Les pierres dressées, Françoise Danel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204127_1_grid.jpg)
Les pierres dressées
Françoise Danel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,579
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Mano y seda
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 65 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Sous la treille, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215855_1_grid.jpg)
Sous la treille
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,326
![Painting, A Look Inside the Mirror, Nazar Ivanyuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210891_1_grid.jpg)
A Look Inside the Mirror
Nazar Ivanyuk
Painting - 38 x 32 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$895
![Painting, Self Portrait While Painting, Nazar Ivanyuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209924_1_grid.jpg)
Self Portrait While Painting
Nazar Ivanyuk
Painting - 78 x 43 x 0.2 cm Painting - 30.7 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,230
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La lauze - Paysage d'Ardèche
Claude Frégère
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
![Painting, La ligne d'arrivée - chevaux et course hippique, Claude Frégère](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206960_1_grid.jpg)
La ligne d'arrivée - chevaux et course hippique
Claude Frégère
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,387
![Painting, Passant Parmi Les Paroles Passagères, Francis Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206835_1_grid.jpg)
Passant Parmi Les Paroles Passagères
Francis Moreau
Painting - 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$783
![Painting, Le Pont Marie - série Architecture et pont de Paris, Claude Frégère](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206688_1_grid.jpg)
Le Pont Marie - série Architecture et pont de Paris
Claude Frégère
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,387
![Painting, Chapelle à Uzès - église et paysage du Gard, Claude Frégère](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206685_1_grid.jpg)
Chapelle à Uzès - église et paysage du Gard
Claude Frégère
Painting - 49 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
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![Painting, Bouquet aux tournesols, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191669_1_grid.jpg)
Bouquet aux tournesols
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Painting, The wild Rose, J. Kesín](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186505_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring blossom - Tuscany painting landscape, Domenico Ronca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215748_1_grid.jpg)
Spring blossom - Tuscany painting landscape
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$280
![Painting, The hill of poppies - Tuscany painting landscape, Domenico Ronca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215736_1_grid.jpg)
The hill of poppies - Tuscany painting landscape
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$280
![Painting, Composition with Still life, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215280_1_grid.jpg)
Composition with Still life
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$600
![Painting, Playas salvajes -serie paraísos perdidos-paraísos recobrados-, José Fernández Morán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214082_1_grid.jpg)
Playas salvajes -serie paraísos perdidos-paraísos recobrados-
José Fernández Morán
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,538
![Painting, A game of emotions, Tetiana Ocheredko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210950_1_grid.jpg)
A game of emotions
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
![Painting, A touch of color, Tetiana Ocheredko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210078_1_grid.jpg)
A touch of color
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
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![Painting, Photo Before Robbery, Areg Vahramyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205720_1_grid.jpg)
Photo Before Robbery
Areg Vahramyan
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,125 $1,806
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![Painting, Embracing Imperfections, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191501_1_grid.jpg)
Embracing Imperfections
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$800
![Painting, In the soft light, Maria Ruoti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190882_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Amor y montaña desde Cuba II, José Luis Alonso Samper](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212286_1_grid.jpg)
Amor y montaña desde Cuba II
José Luis Alonso Samper
Painting - 58 x 82 cm Painting - 22.8 x 32.3 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Joyful Companionship, Armen Vahramyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210699_1_grid.jpg)
Joyful Companionship
Armen Vahramyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$890
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![Painting, Breath of Antarctica South Africa, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207772_1_grid.jpg)
Breath of Antarctica South Africa
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 76 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
![Painting, At the Underground Pub, Dondi Schwartz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206608_1_grid.jpg)
At the Underground Pub
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 42 x 86 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Oxford, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202970_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Her Universe, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197877_1_grid.jpg)
Her Universe
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Coffee, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187925_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le reflêt de la lune, Francisco Severino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213867_1_grid.jpg)
Le reflêt de la lune
Francisco Severino
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
![Painting, La maison blanche, Francisco Severino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213861_1_grid.jpg)
La maison blanche
Francisco Severino
Painting - 30 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Countryside in the morning - Tuscany landscape painting, Andrea Borella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211850_1_grid.jpg)
Countryside in the morning - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 60 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,007
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Vernazza Cinque Terre iItaly - impasto sea landscape, Italian coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,400
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Communion Sylvestre
Corine Lescop
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,454
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Vineyard-autumn fruits
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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Les versants du silence
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,226
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Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
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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.