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![Painting, Azteque, Patrick Delorme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187394_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L´âne tétu, Lucia Buccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130028_1_grid.jpg)
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Paysage d'Occitanie II
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,074
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A l'écoute du silence
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
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Without Title (Sans Titre)
Emerich Meerson
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,591
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Rue Cortot, rus du Mont Cenis
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$727
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Life in Plastic II
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
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Taylor Swift Cycling
Christian Jodin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$330 $298
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The Misunderstood (l'Incomprise)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$330
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Bright (Lumnineuse)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$330
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The Magician (Le Magicien)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$330
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Anger (La Colère)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$330 $298
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Worried (Inquiet)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$548 $493
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Untitled (From People Series)
Elene Melikidze
Painting - 19 x 23.5 x 3 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.3 x 1.2 inch
$201
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In the shades of transparency 1
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
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Le port de Dieppe
Jacques Bouyssou
Painting - 90 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,698
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Primavera - Tuscany landscape & frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 24 x 44 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
$520
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What awaits us
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
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Mes petits bonheurs B
Aude Herlédan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,711
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Urban barriera margine confine
Alessandra Bisi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,852
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Monet's Pond II
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$8,500
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Sonate crépusculaire
Bernard Gaulbert
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
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Double Love for Merrick
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 92 x 183 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 72 x 1.6 inch
$4,261
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squilibrio rosso
Alessandra Bisi
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,803
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Summer in La Baule VI - Sun Bathing LA french school artist basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$503
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Summer in La Baule V - LA french school artist basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Refracted Visage 3, Niall Pickvance](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197056_1_grid.jpg)
Refracted Visage 3
Niall Pickvance
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,405
![Painting, White Fawn Lily and Great Camas, Seeds Ripening, Andrea Simmonds](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196250_1_grid.jpg)
White Fawn Lily and Great Camas, Seeds Ripening
Andrea Simmonds
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,656
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Great Camas in Spring (Full Bloom)
Andrea Simmonds
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,656
![Painting, Worms - Holy Handgrenade, Arlo Sinclair](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195085_1_grid.jpg)
Worms - Holy Handgrenade
Arlo Sinclair
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,014
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Waiting for the wind
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
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Autumn clouds over Aker brygge
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$984
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Future., Painting, Oil on Canvas, canvas art, stretched
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,260
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Les Pieds dans les nuages
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 89 x 116 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 inch
$26,060
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Une touche de modernité
Eric Munsch
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,174 $1,057
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Taste of summer. Ornate plants
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$313
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Gratitude in the harvest. Ornate plants
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$313
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Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$313
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Kim Atlin
Painting - 76 x 152 x 6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 59.8 x 2.4 inch
$3,115
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Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$313
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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.