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![Painting, HM 12, Hanan Milner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Between spring and autumn, Oleksandr Serdiuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038779_1_grid.jpg)
Between spring and autumn
Oleksandr Serdiuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Untitled, Ihor Panchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038749_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5, Damian Bak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005620_1_grid.jpg)
David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5
Damian Bak
Painting - 200 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$4,474
![Painting, Pensando en un paisaje, José Carmona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000136_1_grid.jpg)
Pensando en un paisaje
José Carmona
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,740
![Painting, Still life with fruits, Ottone Rosai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1720422_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with fruits
Ottone Rosai
Painting - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$33,554
![Painting, L'ange (Marlène), Thierry Podvin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/789063_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Danse, Jean Burkhalter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/708309_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'atelier de l'artiste, Chittrovanu Mazumdar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511349_1_grid.jpg)
L'atelier de l'artiste
Chittrovanu Mazumdar
Painting - 102 x 75 x 6 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.5 x 2.4 inch
$3,355
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![Painting, Lac et montagnes, Laure Stella Victorine Bruni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168830_1_grid.jpg)
Lac et montagnes
Laure Stella Victorine Bruni
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,408
![Painting, Milky Morning, Asya Feoktistova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165952_1_grid.jpg)
Milky Morning
Asya Feoktistova
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$8,388
![Painting, Femme au champ préparant un cheval de trait, Léon Georges Calves](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129683_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au champ préparant un cheval de trait
Léon Georges Calves
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$2,227
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![Painting, Au pied de la tour Sallière, Lac de Barberine et Massif du Giffre, Valais, D. Bédard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1317849_1_grid.jpg)
Au pied de la tour Sallière, Lac de Barberine et Massif du Giffre, Valais
D. Bédard
Painting - 75 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,869
![Painting, Blue II, Eric Marsiam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278855_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rue du Pot de Fer, Vieux Paris, Fritz Strebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1242705_1_grid.jpg)
Rue du Pot de Fer, Vieux Paris
Fritz Strebel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,423
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![Painting, Dr. Smith and The Unknown Sense, Old Asylum, Jackson, Mississippi, 1925, Noah Saterstrom](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1153584_1_grid.jpg)
Dr. Smith and The Unknown Sense, Old Asylum, Jackson, Mississippi, 1925
Noah Saterstrom
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Painting - 30 x 40 inch
$6,000
![Painting, Sans titre (Boxer), Miguel Macaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1127955_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape from Vinto, Victorino Mercado](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052622_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Bread and fruits, Nina Stenshinskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1912245_1_grid.jpg)
Bread and fruits
Nina Stenshinskaya
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,500
![Painting, Parallel lives, Painting, Oil on canvas, Bronle Crosby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1770753_1_grid.jpg)
Parallel lives, Painting, Oil on canvas
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 3 inch
$7,150
![Painting, Very large still life with sterling, Gregory Hull](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559151_1_grid.jpg)
Very large still life with sterling
Gregory Hull
Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 inch
$6,448
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![Painting, The Silent Day, Paul Bennett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/758106_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Bull and The Bird, Ashok Bhowmick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Atonium, Philippe Venin-Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165823_1_grid.jpg)
L’Atonium
Philippe Venin-Bernard
Painting - 70 x 70 x 40 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 15.7 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Untitled, Xabier Obeso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Froide aurore, Alexandra Laroche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143528_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouille-dog, Karine Nicolleau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Another Valentine, Karen Woods](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122719_1_grid.jpg)
Another Valentine
Karen Woods
Painting - 40.64 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting - 16 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$6,254
![Painting, Standard bearer 15, Christos Antonaropoulos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098713_1_grid.jpg)
Standard bearer 15
Christos Antonaropoulos
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$24,159
![Painting, The two sisters, Adele Bessy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091693_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky blue water II, Daniel McKinley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084415_1_grid.jpg)
Sky blue water II
Daniel McKinley
Painting - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$21,251
![Painting, Still Life With Red Scarf, Helene Halstuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059830_1_grid.jpg)
Still Life With Red Scarf
Helene Halstuch
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 3.3 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1.3 inch
$5,700
![Painting, Still life, Ugo Celada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet de fleurs, Jean-Pierre Pophilat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1951233_1_grid.jpg)
Bouquet de fleurs
Jean-Pierre Pophilat
Painting - 71 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,369
![Painting, Loci guardian of a place, Michele Mikesell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783353_1_grid.jpg)
Loci guardian of a place
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,152
![Painting, Abstrait, Charlie Tjapangati](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756134_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden New York, Angelika Richter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1725018_1_grid.jpg)
Golden New York
Angelika Richter
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$8,600
![Painting, Portrait d'Ursula Stauffacher au livre rouge, Alexandre Blanchet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1144878_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait d'Ursula Stauffacher au livre rouge
Alexandre Blanchet
Painting - 91.5 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 36 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,185
![Painting, Frank, Garry Anderson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1005270_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Incandescent, John Belingheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147361_1_grid.jpg)
Incandescent
John Belingheri
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.16 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 inch
$28,529
![Painting, Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht, Eugeny Chalakoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097528_1_grid.jpg)
Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht
Eugeny Chalakoff
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,496
![Painting, Mail delivery failed, Robert Bubel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006442_1_grid.jpg)
Mail delivery failed
Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Dawn over the lake, Dawid Zdobylak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005500_1_grid.jpg)
Dawn over the lake
Dawid Zdobylak
Painting - 75 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,572
![Painting, Pistoia, Antoine Vincent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1776057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Avon water lilies, Juan Del Pozo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699353_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Still life with lemons, Nataliia Pavliuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342089_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with lemons
Nataliia Pavliuk
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,691
![Painting, Jeune fille espagnole au foulard, Edouard Morerod](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191816_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune fille espagnole au foulard
Edouard Morerod
Painting - 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,462
![Painting, Fruit of the Goddess, Gino Tintin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1105779_1_grid.jpg)
Fruit of the Goddess
Gino Tintin
Painting - 112 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 44.1 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,295
![Painting, It will never be the last time, Gabriela Culic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1080885_1_grid.jpg)
It will never be the last time
Gabriela Culic
Painting - 120 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Personnage assis " Gong Hill Frontière du Tanganyika - Kenya", Alois Wittlin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/948555_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage assis " Gong Hill Frontière du Tanganyika - Kenya"
Alois Wittlin
Painting - 65 x 53.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,391
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Ladies to the pond - France painting Belle Epoque + frame
Antonio Pecorelli
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
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Nevermore 3
Luis Enrique Toledo
Painting - 116.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 36 x 1 inch
$17,000
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The Banquet
George Vuillard
Painting - 51.4 x 61.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.25 x 24.25 x 1 inch
$3,720
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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.