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![Painting, Purple still life, Vahe Bagumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172748_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Quintet of elegance, Arayik Murdaynan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172015_1_grid.jpg)
Quintet of elegance
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 20 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$320
![Painting, Village, Sarkis Hamalbashian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167089_1_grid.jpg)
Village
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,700 $3,330
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![Painting, Dreamers redseries 47, Silvio Porzionato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162795_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamers redseries 47
Silvio Porzionato
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,256
![Painting, Dreamers redseries 48, Silvio Porzionato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162794_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamers redseries 48
Silvio Porzionato
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,256
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![Painting, Chrysanthemums in vase, Karine Harutyunyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152934_1_grid.jpg)
Chrysanthemums in vase
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$360
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Mundo ecologico II
Alberto Riera
Painting - 150 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$6,839
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![Painting, Fontaine Neptune (Nancy), Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113893_1_grid.jpg)
Fontaine Neptune (Nancy)
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$11,738
![Painting, Fontaine Amphitrite (Nancy), Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113887_1_grid.jpg)
Fontaine Amphitrite (Nancy)
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$11,738
![Painting, The room of dreams, Ricardo Fabián Bertona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674306_1_grid.jpg)
The room of dreams
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 110 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$5,400 $4,860
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Abstract drippainting-2
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 106.7 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 42 x 45 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
![Painting, Abstract drip painting-1, Anand Manchiraju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314039_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract drip painting-1
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
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![Painting, Still life with pomegranates and grape, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913715_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with pomegranates and grape
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$140
![Painting, Still life with pomegranates and grapes, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913709_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with pomegranates and grapes
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$140
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Woman with the mirror
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$350
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![Painting, Watching shadow, Oleg Zhivetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166363_1_grid.jpg)
Watching shadow
Oleg Zhivetin
Painting - 100 x 125 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,250 $1,188
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Still life with fruits
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$380
![Painting, Hommage à Bizet, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113872_1_grid.jpg)
Hommage à Bizet
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,341
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![Painting, Prodige, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936500_1_grid.jpg)
Prodige
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$11,738 $10,564
![Painting, Rural Landscape, Harut Mnatsakanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514646_1_grid.jpg)
Rural Landscape
Harut Mnatsakanyan
Painting - 107 x 147 x 2 cm Painting - 42.1 x 57.9 x 0.8 inch
$11,211 $10,090
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![Painting, Morning Life, Christine Seiterle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/39688_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red devil manga, Silvio Porzionato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162797_1_grid.jpg)
Red devil manga
Silvio Porzionato
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,817
![Painting, Taylor Swift's Aquarium, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962351_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift's Aquarium
Christian Jodin
Painting - 38 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$331
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Fantasia au royaume de la lumière
Georges Corominas
Painting - 114 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$30,830
![Painting, Café de Paris Monaco, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113878_1_grid.jpg)
Café de Paris Monaco
Georges Corominas
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$13,341
![Painting, Café Repetto (Arcachon), Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113854_1_grid.jpg)
Café Repetto (Arcachon)
Georges Corominas
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,014
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![Painting, Quasimodo, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113815_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Et Dieu créa le Cheval, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113770_1_grid.jpg)
Et Dieu créa le Cheval
Georges Corominas
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$15,213
![Painting, Venetiae Sempere venetiae, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112723_1_grid.jpg)
Venetiae Sempere venetiae
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$15,415
![Painting, Future saved, Steliana Mocanu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543362_1_grid.jpg)
Future saved
Steliana Mocanu
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,130 $1,874
![Painting, Fusionnelle, Steliana Mocanu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056411_1_grid.jpg)
Fusionnelle
Steliana Mocanu
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,738 $1,478
![Painting, C'est une Belle Journée, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/980898_1_grid.jpg)
C'est une Belle Journée
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$600
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![Painting, Fille au papillon, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/901677_1_grid.jpg)
Fille au papillon
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
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![Painting, Mine de Chuquicamata, Laurent Chabot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/12982_1_grid.jpg)
Mine de Chuquicamata
Laurent Chabot
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$7,511
![Painting, Désert d'Atacama 1, Laurent Chabot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/12978_1_grid.jpg)
Désert d'Atacama 1
Laurent Chabot
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$7,511
![Painting, Désert d'Atacama 6, Laurent Chabot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/12976_1_grid.jpg)
Désert d'Atacama 6
Laurent Chabot
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$7,511
![Painting, New York 2, Laurent Chabot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/12975_1_grid.jpg)
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Lilac on the red
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 69 x 72 x 0.2 cm Painting - 27.2 x 28.3 x 0.1 inch
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Little Dreamer
Joyce Fournier
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$1,080 $756
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Jeune femme - ref BDNW11482
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,868
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N° 1124 Elle, à cinq ans, avec ses bons amis.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
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N° 944 J.M.G. Le Clézio
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
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Fishing family in Guethary
Catherine Clare
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 1 inch
$1,794
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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.