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![Painting, Sapphire Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1621095_1_grid.jpg)
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Les mains du temps
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 14.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€300
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Une rencontre inattendue
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€480
![Painting, Divine chariot, Anand Manchiraju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458261_1_grid.jpg)
Divine chariot
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,396
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"Méditation"triptyque
Steliana Mocanu
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,100
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Devine couple
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€5,821
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A dream of horses
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 83.8 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 33 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€7,761
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Deviant Portrait
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€990 €891
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Reading Freud
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 61 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€1,380 €1,242
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A Song for the Captain
Donovan Rose
Painting - 121 x 152 cm Painting - 47.6 x 59.8 inch
€3,900 €3,510
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The Raven and The Dove
Donovan Rose
Painting - 122 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
€3,400 €3,060
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Sinner's Prayer
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,495 €1,346
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Kiss It Off Me
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,360 €1,224
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Nothing Hurts Anymore Pt.2
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 61 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€920 €828
![Painting, Earnest Request, Jennifer DeGroot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196389_1_grid.jpg)
Earnest Request
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,495 €1,346
![Painting, I Get Everything I Want II, Jennifer DeGroot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196386_1_grid.jpg)
I Get Everything I Want II
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 61 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
€850 €765
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I Get Everything I Want III
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 61 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,020 €918
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Deserving of a Story
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,430 €1,287
![Painting, Figure Painting # 023-2171, Les Thomas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196447_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Painting # 023-2171
Les Thomas
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€8,145 €7,331
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Fertility of Chaos
Jennifer DeGroot
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€2,720 €2,448
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Farniente (Diptyque)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 100 x 101.5 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 40 x 1.2 inch
€2,200 €1,650
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Untitled
Siranush Vardanyan
Painting - 160 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,800 €1,584
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Beyond boundaries #2
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
€5,000
![Painting, Woman reading, François Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118978_1_grid.jpg)
Woman reading
François Sauvage
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€750 €675
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Paruyr Sevak- Echoes of memory
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€9,701
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Convention and Eternity
Pham Minh Tuan
Painting - 160 x 200.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 63 x 79 x 2 inch
€4,657
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Freedom to create new body
Zhengyong Liu
Painting - 180 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 63 x 2 inch
€13,000
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Infede
Stefano Mazzolini
Painting - 150 x 180 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
€4,500 €3,600
![Painting, Eclat d'innocence, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178585_1_grid.jpg)
Eclat d'innocence
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
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Glistening adornment
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
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Le carnet défendu
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
€700
![Painting, Métamorphoses de l'amour, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145235_1_grid.jpg)
Métamorphoses de l'amour
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€700
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Oh my Love is like a Melody
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
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Des lueurs ocre et rouge
Jean-Claude Campana
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 1 inch
€2,300
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Countryside in bloom landscape - Tuscany painting & frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 20 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€675
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The Coronation Of The Heiresses
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
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Evening by the river
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€873
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The winning race of Phoebus
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Shining on the river
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
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Walking across the universe
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
€420
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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.