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![Painting, Aurélia, David Kandelaki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214325_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La vie artificielle, Nawel Grant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212627_1_grid.jpg)
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Dark Matter #10
Paul Scott Malone
Painting - 121 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 35.8 x 2 inch
$31,304
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Flotsam and Jetsam, Personal Artifacts, Laughing Gulls (Storm #2)
Paul Scott Malone
Painting - 82 x 138 x 5 cm Painting - 32.3 x 54.3 x 2 inch
$29,068
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The Mountain Cat and the Missionary (Storm #1)
Paul Scott Malone
Painting - 82 x 138 x 5 cm Painting - 32.3 x 54.3 x 2 inch
$24,596
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Fruitful Elegance
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$600
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![Painting, Untitled, Gagik Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202016_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,913 $3,443
![Painting, Untitled, Gagik Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202015_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,913 $3,522
![Painting, Emerald Coast, Gagik Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202012_1_grid.jpg)
Emerald Coast
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 80 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,913 $3,522
![Painting, Nature's Richness in Red, Karine Harutyunyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198515_1_grid.jpg)
Nature's Richness in Red
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$600
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Estate #2. From The Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 49.8 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 49.2 x 1.19 inch
$6,500
![Painting, Estate #1. From The Beaches series, Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195039_1_grid.jpg)
Estate #1. From The Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 39.9 x 99.8 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 39.3 x 1.19 inch
$5,400
![Painting, Le cœur de l'Océan, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194083_1_grid.jpg)
Le cœur de l'Océan
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,632
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We are all martyrs (3) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (12)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 150 x 135 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 53.1 x 0 inch
$6,976
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![Painting, Still life with Armenian instrument, Anahit Mirijanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208126_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with Armenian instrument
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 42 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$350
![Painting, Playful & Eccentric, Tony Pharo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205923_1_grid.jpg)
Playful & Eccentric
Tony Pharo
Painting - 96.52 x 71.12 x 2.54 cm Painting - 38 x 28 x 1 inch
$6,500
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Et dans la nuit, la mariée prit la fuite
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,744
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The little river - Italian impressionist painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$811
![Painting, Timeless Rural Harmony, Arman Avagyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197272_1_grid.jpg)
Timeless Rural Harmony
Arman Avagyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$600
![Painting, Paysage d'Ecosse, Svetlana Maksimenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196895_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage d'Ecosse
Svetlana Maksimenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,230
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Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$11,180
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The Frosty Evening At The Krasivaya Mecha
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$783
![Painting, L'attaque du Sénat par la division Leclerc, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191143_1_grid.jpg)
L'attaque du Sénat par la division Leclerc
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 116 x 89 x 6 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 2.4 inch
$53,664
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![Painting, Every second matters, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188497_1_grid.jpg)
Every second matters
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,460
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Winter Flowers (From the Series “The Seasons”, Winter)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,149
![Painting, La cigogne est passée, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202447_1_grid.jpg)
La cigogne est passée
Paskal Hotman
Painting - 92 x 86 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 33.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,330
![Painting, Le printemps dans l'air, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202171_1_grid.jpg)
Le printemps dans l'air
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,689
![Painting, Spruce in the forest, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201898_1_grid.jpg)
Spruce in the forest
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$4,025
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![Painting, Still life with yellow poppies and a cup of tea, Simona Tsvetkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197475_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with yellow poppies and a cup of tea
Simona Tsvetkova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$839
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Childhood dreams-63
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
![Painting, Childhood dreams-62, Abgar Khachatryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192886_1_grid.jpg)
Childhood dreams-62
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
![Painting, An Elephant Never Forgets, Emma Harrison](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190748_1_grid.jpg)
An Elephant Never Forgets
Emma Harrison
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,565
![Painting, Square devant l'église, Paris, Armand Marie Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190009_1_grid.jpg)
Square devant l'église, Paris
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 49.5 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.5 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,400
![Painting, Tas de sable jaune, Paris, Armand Marie Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189879_1_grid.jpg)
Tas de sable jaune, Paris
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 60 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,575
![Painting, Petite chapelle, Armand Marie Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189868_1_grid.jpg)
Petite chapelle
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 60 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,575
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Dawn's Radiant Voyage
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$300
![Painting, Winter day in the Carpathians, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183129_1_grid.jpg)
Winter day in the Carpathians
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,400
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Parallel Universe/3
Viktoria Ganhao
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$593
![Painting, Parallel Universe/2, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1118556_1_grid.jpg)
Parallel Universe/2
Viktoria Ganhao
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$593
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Derrière les fleurs
Marianne Quinzin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
![Painting, The kid inside of us, Daniel Gibert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205368_1_grid.jpg)
The kid inside of us
Daniel Gibert
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
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Hôtel Majestic 24
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 115.5 x 80.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.5 x 31.7 x 1 inch
$2,113
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Features of simultaneous interpreting
Tanya Grinevich
Painting - 254 x 254 x 5.1 cm Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 inch
$6,037
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Roots of Identity 2
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,850
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Summer in Provence
Tanya Grinevich
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,540
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The Color of the Wind: Wine Throw
Ron Connors
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,300
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Essence of creation (1)
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$350
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Pomegranate and Melodies
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$150
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Midnight poppies
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$250
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The way to the top
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
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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.