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![Painting, The Artist III, Juan Ripolles](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144420_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Memories are moving transparencies, Manu Rich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/159586_1_grid.jpg)
Memories are moving transparencies
Manu Rich
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
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Sans titre 4 - série "paysages projetés"
Clara Ramirez Katz
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$1,230
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MonaLisa
Miguel Ángel Belinchón Bujes Belin
Painting - 60.5 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch
$4,418 $3,888
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BD Henry IV, Cadillac 1932
Henry Marcaillou
Painting - 60 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$1,118
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Les pins parasols
Daniel Couthures
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
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Pilon de Azucar
Denis Christophel
Painting - 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,355
![Painting, The Tree of the Lovers, Stefan Georgiev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/50948_1_grid.jpg)
The Tree of the Lovers
Stefan Georgiev
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,734
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Cuenco de trozos de calabaza
Alberto Romero
Painting - 50 x 53 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 20.9 x 2 inch
$1,678
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Parfum de magie
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
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Ball Room
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 20 x 26 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,192 $1,072
![Painting, Donna alla fontana, Salvatore Cippone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1753494_1_grid.jpg)
Donna alla fontana
Salvatore Cippone
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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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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Fabuleux Cirque Bleu
Danielle Balagé
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
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#58 Wall Street Station
Chris Carolina
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
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Homme et femme, jeux
Armen Gasparian
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,145
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Rivière, River, 1980. Méditation, Reflets des galets dans l'eau River Meditation, Pebbles in water
Oh CHOON RAN
Painting - 129 x 129 x 0.3 cm Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,299
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Punk Rock Pink
María José Concha
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,628
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Le dernier combat de Bosc
Christian Zeimert
Painting - 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$5,033
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Bientôt les premières neiges mangeront les couleurs; le paysage en profitait pour parader et revêtir son costume de fête, la joie était partout.
François Pagé
Painting - 20 x 20 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$224
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Afternoon Coffee
Nguyen Vinh Trung
Painting - 165.1 x 144.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 57 x 2 inch
$9,000
![Painting, Immediate Family, Dang Xuan Hoa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060947_1_grid.jpg)
Immediate Family
Dang Xuan Hoa
Painting - 67.3 x 149.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 26.5 x 59 x 2 inch
$39,000
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PINK TUBES : COTTON CANDY AND EPHEMERAL LOLITA SPECTRUM
Saori Nakamishi
Painting - 180 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$7,829
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Electric Tulip II
Lowell Nesbitt
Painting - 213.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 84 x 60 x 1 inch
$80,000
![Painting, Untitled, José Domínguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouteilles 1989 Bottles, Still life, Transparency and bottles, Nature morte transparence et bouteilles, Gilles Le Corre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/879765_1_grid.jpg)
Bouteilles 1989 Bottles, Still life, Transparency and bottles, Nature morte transparence et bouteilles
Gilles Le Corre
Painting - 74 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 29.1 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,418
![Painting, Revelation, Raimundo de Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52374_1_grid.jpg)
Revelation
Raimundo de Oliveira
Painting - 73.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 40 x 1 inch
$125,000
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Village Fiesta 1982 Collection National MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Ryu HU RIAL
Painting - 32 x 124 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 48.8 x 0.4 inch
$3,294 $1,647
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'Long Bien Bridge 6' Contemporary Painting of Urban Scene
Le Quy Tong
Painting - 78.7 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31 x 39 x 2 inch
$8,900
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Summer Landscape
Alexandar Assenov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
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Rose épanouie
Françoise De Beaucé
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$5,480 $4,932
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A la bonne vôtre VI
Christophe Blanc
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,244
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Chartres dans les colzas
Michel Maly
Painting - 31 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,634 $3,939
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Impression of Reality
Egle Karpaviciute
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$5,480
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To meet the nightflower
Hans Innemée
Painting - 35 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,908
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A la renverse
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,362
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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.