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![Painting, Venice Italy, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194835_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bondadoso, José Luis Pagador Ponce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188892_1_grid.jpg)
Bondadoso
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 92 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Monsieur Loyal, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183326_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'homme de Vitruve, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183324_1_grid.jpg)
L'homme de Vitruve
Paskal Hotman
Painting - 106 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,160
![Painting, Skyscape 7425, Nick Vivian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1287279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La bouée, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/504725_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Person is mature when he can judge himself without relying on the opinions of others, Wioletta Jaskólska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215090_1_grid.jpg)
Person is mature when he can judge himself without relying on the opinions of others
Wioletta Jaskólska
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
![Painting, Cube 24, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stones, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207968_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Misteri a Venezia, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207409_1_grid.jpg)
Misteri a Venezia
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€2,600
![Painting, Inspired by Monet Flowers in a vase, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204003_1_grid.jpg)
Inspired by Monet Flowers in a vase
Elena Lukina
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
![Painting, Field grass cover, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow swirl with balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191695_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow swirl with balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Yellow green violet balls 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191690_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow green violet balls 2
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Yellow green violet balls 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191688_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow green violet balls 1
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Yellow balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purple atmosphere with green balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191677_1_grid.jpg)
Purple atmosphere with green balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Green balls on yellow brown, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191675_1_grid.jpg)
Green balls on yellow brown
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Blue Yellow 4, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191648_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 3, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191644_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191632_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191629_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sakura in the city park, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187956_1_grid.jpg)
Sakura in the city park
Elena Lukina
Painting - 55 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
![Painting, 7987 KM, Kiran Chugani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 883 KM, Kiran Chugani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water lilies, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183360_1_grid.jpg)
Water lilies
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€873
![Painting, Summer evening, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183339_1_grid.jpg)
Summer evening
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€873
![Painting, Night sky with moon, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183253_1_grid.jpg)
Night sky with moon
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€873
![Painting, It might rain, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183013_1_grid.jpg)
It might rain
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€873
![Painting, Moon time, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183009_1_grid.jpg)
Moon time
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€873
![Painting, Bright sunset, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182995_1_grid.jpg)
Bright sunset
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€970
![Painting, The second voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1493, Federico Cortese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2055132_1_grid.jpg)
The second voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1493
Federico Cortese
Painting - 39.9 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€485
![Painting, The third voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1498, Federico Cortese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2055129_1_grid.jpg)
The third voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1498
Federico Cortese
Painting - 39.9 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€485
![Painting, Somebody To Love, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216603_1_grid.jpg)
Somebody To Love
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€7,500
![Painting, Rising III, Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213612_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rising II, Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Enigmatic Cat, Narek Qochunc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212240_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nostalgy I, Vesna Udicki Vucetic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212010_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fantasy Art III (una joven con la paloma), Vesna Udicki Vucetic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212009_1_grid.jpg)
Fantasy Art III (una joven con la paloma)
Vesna Udicki Vucetic
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
![Painting, Venecia I, Vesna Udicki Vucetic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moonlit Metropolis, Arto Mkrtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poussières d'étoiles Oiseau, Théo Le Franc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209436_1_grid.jpg)
Poussières d'étoiles Oiseau
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€750
![Painting, Delicate blossom bouquet, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209220_1_grid.jpg)
Delicate blossom bouquet
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€437
![Painting, Post Concert Dialogues, Jozef Svikruha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209027_1_grid.jpg)
Post Concert Dialogues
Jozef Svikruha
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€280
![Painting, The illusion of peace, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207845_1_grid.jpg)
The illusion of peace
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 76 x 106 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 41.7 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
![Painting, Evening in Venice, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205060_1_grid.jpg)
Evening in Venice
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,619
![Painting, Moonrise in blue, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202383_1_grid.jpg)
Moonrise in blue
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,813
![Painting, Manarola. Cinque Terre, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195984_1_grid.jpg)
Manarola. Cinque Terre
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,910
![Painting, Salpicando color, Esther Aragon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cartografía del sueño, Esther Aragon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195262_1_grid.jpg)
Cartografía del sueño
Esther Aragon
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Intersecting Eaves, Narek Qochunc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189882_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bateau d'amour, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216251_1_grid.jpg)
Bateau d'amour
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€590 €561
![Painting, Vague, Marie Line Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215762_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Océane, Marie Line Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215612_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The stream of water lilies - Italian painting, Bruno Tinucci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209609_1_grid.jpg)
The stream of water lilies - Italian painting
Bruno Tinucci
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€525
![Painting, Landscape, Mitko Dimitrov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206892_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Let's be fluffy, Roxana Khonkulova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205542_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lab #11 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205361_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #11 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #9 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204717_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #9 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #8 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204688_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #8 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #7 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203130_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #7 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #6 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203129_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #6 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #5 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203128_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #5 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Baignoire Bleue, Mathieu Piffeteau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192465_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green Field at Sunrise, Tigran Mamikonyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191514_1_grid.jpg)
Green Field at Sunrise
Tigran Mamikonyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€873
![Painting, Contre-Sens, Mathieu Piffeteau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187797_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In the heart of Yerevan, Aram Movsisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215113_1_grid.jpg)
In the heart of Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€272
![Painting, Dreamlike Poppies, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213262_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamlike Poppies
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€485
![Painting, Whispers of Autumn, Arto Mkrtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212894_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alps, Yehor Dulin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210880_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magic Paris, Marta Zawadzka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209579_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunny Morning, Marta Zawadzka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209354_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Across the Ijssel, Joop Overkleeft](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208384_1_grid.jpg)
Across the Ijssel
Joop Overkleeft
Painting - 110 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Elderly Men, Farrukh Negmatzade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205256_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Douceur printanière, Ludivine Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203841_1_grid.jpg)
Douceur printanière
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
![Painting, Om mani padme hum, Jean-Jacques Venturini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201938_1_grid.jpg)
Om mani padme hum
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Impression N°4, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198184_1_grid.jpg)
Impression N°4
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 160 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,900 €1,710
![Painting, The Vibrant Ensemble, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191807_1_grid.jpg)
The Vibrant Ensemble
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€969
![Painting, Winter's Silent Shroud, Hayk Miqayelyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190247_1_grid.jpg)
Winter's Silent Shroud
Hayk Miqayelyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€863
![Painting, Green pool, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190062_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Renaissance II, Myron Kataran](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180537_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Apaissement, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661184_1_grid.jpg)
Apaissement
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 92 x 72 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch
€1,800 €1,620
![Painting, Canicule, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Street of Mercy, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207767_1_grid.jpg)
Street of Mercy
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€12,000
![Painting, Rosy peonies on a mint background. Faith, hope, love., Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206256_1_grid.jpg)
Rosy peonies on a mint background. Faith, hope, love.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
![Painting, White tulips on a pink background. Morning, spring, Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206231_1_grid.jpg)
White tulips on a pink background. Morning, spring
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
![Painting, Blue still life with pomegranates and teapot., Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206185_1_grid.jpg)
Blue still life with pomegranates and teapot.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€750
![Painting, Quaint Charm of Rural Life, Kamo Atoyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204260_1_grid.jpg)
Quaint Charm of Rural Life
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,067
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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.