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![Painting, Migrations, René Antezana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1885764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nocturnal, Vidal Cussi Tiñini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797564_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Oriental Bathroom, Alexander Sergheev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1696473_1_grid.jpg)
Oriental Bathroom
Alexander Sergheev
Painting - 24 x 19 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Hollands Canal Face with Figs, Gerard Diepeveen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1578741_1_grid.jpg)
Hollands Canal Face with Figs
Gerard Diepeveen
Painting - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$615
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![Painting, Champs aux fleurs jaune, Didier Chrétien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523757_1_grid.jpg)
Champs aux fleurs jaune
Didier Chrétien
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$951
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View of the Forum Romanum
Luigi Tarra
Painting - 37.2 x 37.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 14.8 x 0.1 inch
$839
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![Painting, Sleeping Beauty, Cathrine Ockernahl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1353894_1_grid.jpg)
Sleeping Beauty
Cathrine Ockernahl
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,201
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Lirio abierto
Manuel Gómez Balsalobre
Painting - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$2,237
![Painting, La danseuse au tutu rose, Charles De Ziegler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1033284_1_grid.jpg)
La danseuse au tutu rose
Charles De Ziegler
Painting - 80 x 63.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25 x 0.8 inch
$1,407
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Place du marché et terrasse
Walter Mafli
Painting - 24 x 33 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.2 inch
$1,161
![Painting, Spring Flowers, Anastas Kamburov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/743052_1_grid.jpg)
Spring Flowers
Anastas Kamburov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,388
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Ines V, Abstract Painting from the Ines series
Clemens Wolf
Painting - 190 x 220 x 2.5 cm Painting - 74.8 x 86.6 x 1 inch
$19,950
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![Painting, Occupied space, Basel Dahman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037198_1_grid.jpg)
Occupied space
Basel Dahman
Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$40,000
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L'as du grand huit
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 19 x 33 x 1.2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 13 x 0.5 inch
$1,113
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![Painting, Shoulder to shoulder, Lori Stanford](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1735209_1_grid.jpg)
Shoulder to shoulder
Lori Stanford
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.2 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.9 inch
$3,523
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Female Portrait
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 202 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 79.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,422
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![Painting, Portrait d'enfant portant une carafe, Janebé Weber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/788142_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait d'enfant portant une carafe
Janebé Weber
Painting - 65.5 x 50.5 x 3 cm Painting - 25.8 x 19.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
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L'art du futur
Alain Husson-Dumoutier
Painting - 98 x 72 x 1 cm Painting - 38.6 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch
$10,033
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Urban forest 14 Ancient
Chin H Shin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$12,200
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![Painting, Still Life (Flowers), Natalya Listopad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782393_1_grid.jpg)
Still Life (Flowers)
Natalya Listopad
Painting - 33 x 27 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$600
![Painting, Motion 1.2, Eduard Churkin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1698435_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, No Regrets (Narcisse), Vanessa Dakinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1641285_1_grid.jpg)
No Regrets (Narcisse)
Vanessa Dakinsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,011
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![Painting, Intérieur, Aimé Moret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452807_1_grid.jpg)
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Vieille homme à la pipe
Alberto Cecconi
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,161
![Painting, Suspension, Annick Bouvattier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174692_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Berger des Alpes et sa pipe, G. Baur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999195_1_grid.jpg)
Berger des Alpes et sa pipe
G. Baur
Painting - 39.5 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.6 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,055
![Painting, RIU Minja Bouddhas 1979 MMCA Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, Min Ja Ryu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/957831_1_grid.jpg)
RIU Minja Bouddhas 1979 MMCA Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Min Ja Ryu
Painting - 144 x 112 x 0.4 cm Painting - 56.7 x 44.1 x 0.2 inch
$16,777
![Painting, Mère et enfant, Pierre Ernest Kohl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858573_1_grid.jpg)
Mère et enfant
Pierre Ernest Kohl
Painting - 38.5 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,110
![Painting, 0 Dark Thirty, Agnès de la Roncière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/810729_1_grid.jpg)
0 Dark Thirty
Agnès de la Roncière
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,125
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![Painting, Portrait d'une dame assise sur un banc de jardin, Marcel-René Chassard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/680178_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait d'une dame assise sur un banc de jardin
Marcel-René Chassard
Painting - 57.5 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 22.6 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,290
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Eglise San Giovanni degli Eremiti
Antonio Ferrigno
Painting - 39.5 x 19.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.6 x 7.7 x 0.8 inch
$984
![Painting, L'homme à la chope de bière, I. Tomig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176484_1_grid.jpg)
L'homme à la chope de bière
I. Tomig
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,360
![Painting, Antoine, Françoise Nielly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction & courbes 1, Gisèle Desmarais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161490_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction & courbes 1
Gisèle Desmarais
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$168
![Painting, What a bliss the wind twisted again, Izabela Apananska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160613_1_grid.jpg)
What a bliss the wind twisted again
Izabela Apananska
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Untitled, Marcel Pistre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A longing no. 14, Joseph Adolphe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120100_1_grid.jpg)
A longing no. 14
Joseph Adolphe
Painting - 203 x 182 x 4 cm Painting - 79.9 x 71.7 x 1.6 inch
$40,265
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Ariel View, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Howard Danelowitz
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,000
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Night by the lake
Marzena Skupien
Painting - 60 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,107
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Place and Time do not Matter
Tadas Dromantas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
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La Drize à Troinex, Genève
Jules Robert Chatelain
Painting - 42.5 x 55.5 x 2 cm Painting - 16.7 x 21.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,087
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Artiste et modèle à l'atelier
Franz Wanger
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,512
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Jeune compositeur
Jenny-Marguerite Zillhardt
Painting - 70 x 52 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,969
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Portrait de femme au foulard vert
Georges Dessouslavy
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,172
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Gold Bouddha 1958 Le Bouddha d'or
J. Wyrszalew
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$10,625
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Bouquet de fleurs dans un joli vase vert
Pierre Jaques
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,829
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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.