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![Painting, Bogotá con sol, Alejandro Quincoces](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211837_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barcelona desde El Carmel II, Alejandro Quincoces](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211833_1_grid.jpg)
Barcelona desde El Carmel II
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 96 x 150 cm Painting - 37.8 x 59.1 inch
$12,862
![Painting, Barcelona desde El Carmel, Alejandro Quincoces](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211831_1_grid.jpg)
Barcelona desde El Carmel
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch
$8,836
![Painting, Radiant Marilyn Monroe, Liana Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209974_1_grid.jpg)
Radiant Marilyn Monroe
Liana Ohanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
![Painting, time in symphony, Léo Pansard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200048_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A girl who loves the sea II, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199995_1_grid.jpg)
A girl who loves the sea II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Painting, 4 Skaters, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset on the sea, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194674_1_grid.jpg)
Sunset on the sea
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
![Painting, French Riviera, turquoise horizon, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188567_1_grid.jpg)
French Riviera, turquoise horizon
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Abstract Impressions, Vlas Ayvazyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset, Jan Standaert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The road through the beach, Jan Standaert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215607_1_grid.jpg)
The road through the beach
Jan Standaert
Painting - 51 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,096
![Painting, Fox Terrier, Tinatin Chkhikvishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purple Setting, Philippa Brück](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corals, Philippa Brück](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lumière du soir II, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191272_1_grid.jpg)
Lumière du soir II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,244
![Painting, All in My Head, Michael Adetula](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213985_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape Transformations, Anna Hausova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207653_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape Transformations
Anna Hausova
Painting - 70 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,169
![Painting, Spring In The Park, Tanya Grinevich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192193_1_grid.jpg)
Spring In The Park
Tanya Grinevich
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,024
![Painting, Main Complice, Christian Raffin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187614_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dear Armenia, Lilith Tonakanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tempestuous Waters, Lilith Tonakanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211974_1_grid.jpg)
Tempestuous Waters
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Ocean Blossoms, Lilith Tonakanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211936_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blossoms of the Meadow, Lilith Tonakanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211862_1_grid.jpg)
Blossoms of the Meadow
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,150
![Painting, Clouds on the sea, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209546_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un soir au Midi, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208522_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En montagne, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208491_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le torrent, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207840_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Levelling, Simon Ledson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191314_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Early spring in the mountains - cherry blossoms, spring in France, flowers garden (1), Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190374_1_grid.jpg)
Early spring in the mountains - cherry blossoms, spring in France, flowers garden (1)
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Timeless Connection, Mateos Sargsyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217717_1_grid.jpg)
Timeless Connection
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$450
![Painting, Inner Beauty, Mateos Sargsyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216402_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le champs de maïs, Lucia Buccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Havana in a white car, Grzegorz Gruza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214953_1_grid.jpg)
Havana in a white car
Grzegorz Gruza
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Racines d'être, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213123_1_grid.jpg)
Racines d'être
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$638
![Painting, Paysage intérieur, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213122_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage intérieur
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$638
![Painting, Corpuscule, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eldorado, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feu vert, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Miroir, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arc en ciel de connaissances, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211965_1_grid.jpg)
Arc en ciel de connaissances
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,890
![Painting, The early spring garden, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208550_1_grid.jpg)
The early spring garden
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Wind dancing with spring flowers, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208494_1_grid.jpg)
Wind dancing with spring flowers
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,230 $861
![Painting, Abstract Spring Awakening, Vlas Ayvazyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208109_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Spring Awakening
Vlas Ayvazyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
![Painting, Plum tree-Medium size fruit painting, color blue painting, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208074_1_grid.jpg)
Plum tree-Medium size fruit painting, color blue painting
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,400
![Painting, Lilies, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208064_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Primavera red flowers, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207593_1_grid.jpg)
Primavera red flowers
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Water Lilies, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207013_1_grid.jpg)
Water Lilies
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,480
![Painting, Before the Rain, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206393_1_grid.jpg)
Before the Rain
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
![Painting, Peaches on the tree, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206076_1_grid.jpg)
Peaches on the tree
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Genesis, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198339_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$878
![Painting, Le Pin - Paysage de Méditerranée, Didier Caudron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214280_1_grid.jpg)
Le Pin - Paysage de Méditerranée
Didier Caudron
Painting - 33 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$884
![Painting, Purple Emotive Canvas, Liana Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209476_1_grid.jpg)
Purple Emotive Canvas
Liana Ohanyan
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$890
![Painting, Une Allée du Luxembourg, Francis Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206868_1_grid.jpg)
Une Allée du Luxembourg
Francis Moreau
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Le Ruban Vert, Francis Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206824_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Marche, Francis Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206819_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delfica, Francis Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plage de Bussaghlia, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198692_1_grid.jpg)
Plage de Bussaghlia
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,678
![Painting, 7 Personnages Skate Park, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198691_1_grid.jpg)
7 Personnages Skate Park
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Caldera 3, Raymond Attanasio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 3.24, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Lilac, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183305_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lavender and Roses, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183296_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening Fragrances, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183270_1_grid.jpg)
Evening Fragrances
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 60 x 60 x 10 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
$1,059
![Painting, Christmas Morning, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183256_1_grid.jpg)
Christmas Morning
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 80 x 60 x 10 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
$1,192
![Painting, L'art des livres, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212378_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fahrenheit, Yaz Tazi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210882_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dont just exist, Live, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198543_1_grid.jpg)
Dont just exist, Live
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,450
![Painting, Nature harmony, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197741_1_grid.jpg)
Nature harmony
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
![Painting, When the sun is shining, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195322_1_grid.jpg)
When the sun is shining
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Full moon night, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193569_1_grid.jpg)
Full moon night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Brooklyn Bridge, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190412_1_grid.jpg)
Brooklyn Bridge
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
![Painting, What weighs you down, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186734_1_grid.jpg)
What weighs you down
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,250
![Painting, Parisian Dreams, Liana Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213845_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rupture d'uniformité, Gaëtan de Séguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210247_1_grid.jpg)
Rupture d'uniformité
Gaëtan de Séguin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,572
![Painting, Sans titre, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208904_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forêt 2, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208899_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Vue sur le Sacré-Cœur, Paris, Phil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195267_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur le Sacré-Cœur, Paris
Phil
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$951
![Painting, Quai St Michel, Paris, Phil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195256_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The effect of propaganda, Mykola Mamchur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193690_1_grid.jpg)
The effect of propaganda
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Peinture 01-2023-07, Alain Bécanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190476_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peinture 02-2023-17, Alain Bécanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190471_1_grid.jpg)
Peinture 02-2023-17
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Peinture 04-2022-35, Alain Bécanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urban Reverie, Mark Platt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215646_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$1,890
![Painting, Clownish Duet, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213955_1_grid.jpg)
Clownish Duet
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
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![Painting, A Pulp Fiction pop art tribute, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188568_1_grid.jpg)
A Pulp Fiction pop art tribute
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,480
![Painting, Ceci est une confusion, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147728_1_grid.jpg)
Ceci est une confusion
Yichao Sun
Painting - 100 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,816
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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.