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![Painting, Sérenité abstraite, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189296_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mosaique Abstraite, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215854_1_grid.jpg)
Mosaique Abstraite
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,080
![Painting, La Rêveuse, Els Knockaert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214776_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solenzara, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Power of colors - yellow, green, white, colourful abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211386_1_grid.jpg)
Power of colors - yellow, green, white, colourful abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Feeling of energy - yellow, green, white, colourful large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211385_1_grid.jpg)
Feeling of energy - yellow, green, white, colourful large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, The feeling of a shooting star - blue, navy, white, black large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping, Pollock style, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211383_1_grid.jpg)
The feeling of a shooting star - blue, navy, white, black large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping, Pollock style
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Walking on the beach, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210996_1_grid.jpg)
Walking on the beach
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200 €1,080
![Painting, La vieille ville - entre abstraction et paysage fragmenté, Didier Caudron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214276_1_grid.jpg)
La vieille ville - entre abstraction et paysage fragmenté
Didier Caudron
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
![Painting, L'alchimie, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210197_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192900_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En construction, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216149_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Douche du matin, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216148_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Devant l'opéra, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre 16, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216144_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Avalon-Tapestry 2, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216142_1_grid.jpg)
Avalon-Tapestry 2
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
![Painting, Poisson bleu Opéra, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216140_1_grid.jpg)
Poisson bleu Opéra
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Painting, Eiffel-Seine, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216139_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rooftop Pool, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216137_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rue chanoinesse, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216136_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Notre-Dame et bateau mouche, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216134_1_grid.jpg)
Notre-Dame et bateau mouche
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
![Painting, Party on the rooftop, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216133_1_grid.jpg)
Party on the rooftop
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
![Painting, Equation, Muriel Charbonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211093_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black Manhattan, Daniel Castan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195758_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red point, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210678_1_grid.jpg)
Red point
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
![Painting, Evening glow, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208436_1_grid.jpg)
Evening glow
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
![Painting, The House on the Cliff, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187333_1_grid.jpg)
The House on the Cliff
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€1,350 €1,080
![Painting, Harmonie 1, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evanescence, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210814_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City walks, Grzegorz Gruza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215532_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cueillette, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217019_1_grid.jpg)
La cueillette
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
€2,300
![Painting, Les heures bleues, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217015_1_grid.jpg)
Les heures bleues
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
€2,300
![Painting, Collines bleues - Paysage et couleurs, Didier Caudron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215310_1_grid.jpg)
Collines bleues - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€785
![Painting, The Mood, Tigran Pogosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215524_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sisters, Rusudan Zviadadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215502_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Sous-Sol, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206330_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Circus Serenade, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216414_1_grid.jpg)
Circus Serenade
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
![Painting, Couleurs de la connaissance, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215344_1_grid.jpg)
Couleurs de la connaissance
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,690
![Painting, A ballerina at the window, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213963_1_grid.jpg)
A ballerina at the window
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€720
![Painting, Commuters, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, London Evening Traffic, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212570_1_grid.jpg)
London Evening Traffic
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
![Painting, Ben, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212565_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A portrait with wild flowers, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207267_1_grid.jpg)
A portrait with wild flowers
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,400 €1,260
![Painting, The ballet team II, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206158_1_grid.jpg)
The ballet team II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
![Painting, You are my everything, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216825_1_grid.jpg)
You are my everything
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€850
![Painting, Pin et cyprès, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Garden Peonies, Yehor Dulin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217078_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lilies flowers, Yehor Dulin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215346_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Diffusion of memories, Grzegorz Gruza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214957_1_grid.jpg)
Diffusion of memories
Grzegorz Gruza
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,100
![Painting, City Crossing, Julia Whitehead](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186646_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216096_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Three Graces, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216095_1_grid.jpg)
Three Graces
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Favorite Irises, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214995_1_grid.jpg)
Favorite Irises
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch, Victoria Horkan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201458_1_grid.jpg)
Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,193
![Painting, Cat, Sophie Mamaladze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216199_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La splendeur de la lune, Lucia Buccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215767_1_grid.jpg)
La splendeur de la lune
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Flourishing Dreams, Anna Ceppi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215885_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Froid soleil, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Terrasse au sud, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191653_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, BCM1101202, André Nadal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shining water- Sunset Over Mountain River Captivating Oil Painting with Warm Evening Hues, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212767_1_grid.jpg)
Shining water- Sunset Over Mountain River Captivating Oil Painting with Warm Evening Hues
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€873
![Painting, In Venice, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206259_1_grid.jpg)
In Venice
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,164 €931
![Painting, The Kaba, Jan Standaert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Romantic woman. Portrait of the female artist, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215474_1_grid.jpg)
Romantic woman. Portrait of the female artist
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, Orage d'automne - Paysage et couleurs, Didier Caudron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215271_1_grid.jpg)
Orage d'automne - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 24 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€785
![Painting, A woman in the city at sunset, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215171_1_grid.jpg)
A woman in the city at sunset
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, Rivière au village, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208520_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nothing is perfect, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216299_1_grid.jpg)
Nothing is perfect
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 1 inch
€291
![Painting, Silver n°3, Tanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hope For Tomorrow, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fournaise, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212131_1_grid.jpg)
Fournaise
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,680
![Painting, Le poète au keffieh, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207485_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Esprit d'atelier, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205666_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grow Up, Angelo Pioppo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182836_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barcas y flores rojas, Josep Teixido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216256_1_grid.jpg)
Barcas y flores rojas
Josep Teixido
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,750
![Painting, Composition interieure, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216097_1_grid.jpg)
Composition interieure
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
![Painting, Study for Regents Park, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212621_1_grid.jpg)
Study for Regents Park
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
![Painting, Walking Down the Strand, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212572_1_grid.jpg)
Walking Down the Strand
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
![Painting, Study for Green Park, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212569_1_grid.jpg)
Study for Green Park
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
![Painting, On the Trail in Hampstead Heath, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212563_1_grid.jpg)
On the Trail in Hampstead Heath
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
![Painting, Traffic at Whitehall, David Hinchliffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212562_1_grid.jpg)
Traffic at Whitehall
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
![Painting, A portrait with a glass of wine II, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210998_1_grid.jpg)
A portrait with a glass of wine II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€750
![Painting, Paysage au chaudron, Françoise Danel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206570_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage au chaudron
Françoise Danel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
![Painting, L'univers de l'artiste, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190809_1_grid.jpg)
L'univers de l'artiste
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
![Painting, A Gathering Storm, Gabrielle Strong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214669_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beautiful Kind of Pain, Gabrielle Strong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214668_1_grid.jpg)
Beautiful Kind of Pain
Gabrielle Strong
Painting - 83 x 107 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 42.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,555
![Painting, Into the Deep, Gabrielle Strong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214664_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flamingo’s Happy Day, Yasna Godovanik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209839_1_grid.jpg)
Flamingo’s Happy Day
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
![Painting, The Magic Of Love, Yasna Godovanik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209217_1_grid.jpg)
The Magic Of Love
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,450 €1,160
![Painting, Chrysanthemum Cascade, Kamo Atoyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191073_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vivid Chaos, Vlas Ayvazyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216450_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening inspiration, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216187_1_grid.jpg)
Evening inspiration
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,134
![Painting, Vlas Ayvazyan, Vlas Ayvazyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214860_1_grid.jpg)
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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.