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![Painting, Estran, Jacques Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/197308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature Healing, Richard Szkutnik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1884300_1_grid.jpg)
Nature Healing
Richard Szkutnik
Painting - 35.6 x 40.6 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14 x 16 x 0.2 inch
$1,060
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![Painting, Le chant des fleurs, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796385_1_grid.jpg)
Le chant des fleurs
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 81 x 65 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 2 inch
$1,622 $1,379
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![Painting, City and its people, Lusine Abrahamyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1340835_1_grid.jpg)
City and its people
Lusine Abrahamyan
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007 $906
![Painting, Flaques de Printemps, Yuriy Demiyanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36121_1_grid.jpg)
Flaques de Printemps
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 35 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$671
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![Painting, La perle du bassin II, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155930_1_grid.jpg)
La perle du bassin II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$3,355
![Painting, French School - Still life Lemon Summer Starwars - Oil Painting 21th, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104779_1_grid.jpg)
French School - Still life Lemon Summer Starwars - Oil Painting 21th
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,230
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De dioses y hombres I
Alberto Letamendi
Painting - 76.2 x 50.8 x 10.2 cm Painting - 30 x 20 x 4 inch
$6,500
![Painting, In Shape of Land, Vanessa Cuthbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/953919_1_grid.jpg)
In Shape of Land
Vanessa Cuthbert
Painting - 49 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,648 $2,383
![Painting, Les musiciens d´acordéons, José Saboia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153309_1_grid.jpg)
Les musiciens d´acordéons
José Saboia
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,063
![Painting, Cupid and White Dove, Lilit Soghomonyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/725403_1_grid.jpg)
Cupid and White Dove
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,790 $1,611
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Bowl with blue cloth Cuenco con trapo azul
Alberto Romero
Painting - 50 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Bowl with eggs Cuenco con huevos, Alberto Romero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/277666_1_grid.jpg)
Bowl with eggs Cuenco con huevos
Alberto Romero
Painting - 50 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,901
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Portrait of a Woman in Yellow
Juan Ripolles
Painting - 38.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15 x 22 x 1 inch
$7,500
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Woman with Flowers III
Juan Ripolles
Painting - 45.7 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 10 x 1 inch
$6,000
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Promenade au parc II Diptyque
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 65 x 184 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 72.4 x 1 inch
$2,796
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Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,566 $1,409
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Zeeland, The Netherlands 1953
Maarten Demmink
Painting - 16 x 25 x 1 cm Painting - 6.3 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$895
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Another Direction
Siranush Vardanyan
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,678 $1,510
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Le sentier du rêve
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$587
![Painting, Robots build Robots, Stéphane Chauvin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/236452_1_grid.jpg)
Robots build Robots
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 73 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$1,230
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Mlle L has Licence to Kill
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 60 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Little Black Surfer and Sixtine Chapel, Stéphane Chauvin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/236443_1_grid.jpg)
Little Black Surfer and Sixtine Chapel
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 60 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$1,230
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![Painting, French School Blue Kurt Cobain, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162366_1_grid.jpg)
French School Blue Kurt Cobain
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Portrait Continental Elvis - French school, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161440_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait Continental Elvis - French school
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.5 inch
$2,013
![Painting, French School PS 237 Still Storm Pop, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161439_1_grid.jpg)
French School PS 237 Still Storm Pop
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,901
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![Painting, PS 122 Living Yugen - French school Portrait, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153802_1_grid.jpg)
PS 122 Living Yugen - French school Portrait
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.5 inch
$1,790
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Portrait PS 158 La lionne a les yx verts French School
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
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French School - PS 19 Frida Kahlo
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,230
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Portrait PS 230 Starwoman Queen AC DC - French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,230
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French School - Portrait PS 173 La Princesse Nordestina
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,230
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Portrait PS 228 A La plage (Large)
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,237
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Portrait Thom Yorke
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
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Portrait black Elvis
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
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Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
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La mer tranquille
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$665
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La balade des nénuphars
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 54.2 x 72 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch
$1,163
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Soleil brulant
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$665
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Les nénuphars sous les peupliers II
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$604
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Pansement de l'anémone
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$665
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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.