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![Painting, Portrait 2, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monochrome 6th avenue, Adrien Faveau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/674211_1_grid.jpg)
Monochrome 6th avenue
Adrien Faveau
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
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![Painting, Girl and Green Eyed Cat., Yelena Sidorova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325973_1_grid.jpg)
Girl and Green Eyed Cat.
Yelena Sidorova
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€1,746
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La Frontière GUERRE WAR The border
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
€19,500
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La boule de cristal
Claude Sauzet
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,850
![Painting, The Dreamplanter, Judith Christine Riemer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1921080_1_grid.jpg)
The Dreamplanter
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
€3,350
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Madame Mondrian
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€6,080
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T'as eu ce que t'as eu
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
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State security
Amarkine Amarteifio
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
€3,784
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Aiguille du plan, Dent de Requin à Chamonix n°1
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 33 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch
€983
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![Painting, Conference of the birds no 28, Yari Ostovany](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/558235_1_grid.jpg)
Conference of the birds no 28
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 51 x 51 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 inch
€1,911
![Painting, Les Couleurs du Vent, Michel Saint-Luc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148307_1_grid.jpg)
Les Couleurs du Vent
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
![Painting, Un jour ailleurs, Catherine Tapon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730229_1_grid.jpg)
Un jour ailleurs
Catherine Tapon
Painting - 150 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
€2,990
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La plus belle pour aller danser
Stojan Milanov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,290 €968
![Painting, Cargo Traffic City Landscape, Vlado Vesselinov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435956_1_grid.jpg)
Cargo Traffic City Landscape
Vlado Vesselinov
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
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Ensemble, c'est vraiment ce que je préfère
Ada Kafel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
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Les deux amies II
Thérèse Boucraut
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,000 €4,500
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![Painting, Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting), G. Campbell Lyman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471347_1_grid.jpg)
Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting)
G. Campbell Lyman
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
€4,763
![Painting, La rivière bleue (Nouvelle Calédonie), Jean-Pierre Al Courty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384359_1_grid.jpg)
La rivière bleue (Nouvelle Calédonie)
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,700
![Painting, Ruisseau de montagne, W. A. Hahn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342191_1_grid.jpg)
Ruisseau de montagne
W. A. Hahn
Painting - 45 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,037
![Painting, Le orme dell' acqua, Nadia Cascini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1277553_1_grid.jpg)
Le orme dell' acqua
Nadia Cascini
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€4,754
![Painting, La nuit tombe sur le port, Dominique Meunier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/714888_1_grid.jpg)
La nuit tombe sur le port
Dominique Meunier
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,650
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Color sound in the golden light
Mi Jean Kang
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
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Pink mountains
Karl de la Diushes
Painting - 140 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,770
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1995 Portrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,150
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Comme les rouges déclinant des lueurs occidentales - série mer et plage
Elfrid Auvray
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,380
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Cause Toujours
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 146 x 149 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 58.7 x 0.8 inch
€18,000
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Clouds are floating
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 31 x 1 inch
€1,533
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Koi anticipation XI
Peter Goodhall
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,921
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The thing about this place
Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth
Painting - 64 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,080
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The Centre Cannot Hold
Syndi Kahn
Painting - 90 x 81 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.9 x 1.4 inch
€3,962
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Avocado House in Volcanic Ash
Christopher Burk
Painting - 20.3 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 8 x 8 x 2 inch
€1,397
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Complotisme - série Chaos chromatique de l'Univers
Gérard Beaugrard dit GéQi
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,880
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Départ de la Calanque
Jean-Marc Guillaume
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
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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.