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![Painting, Vitalité, Catherine Pugeat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212647_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cavalier, Claude Weisbuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nine Faces, Christiaan van Hedel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205775_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, L'amour en bleu, Joseph Piermatteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201081_1_grid.jpg)
L'amour en bleu
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
![Painting, Mediterranean sea, Rob Buntin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, It Is Summer Warm Rain At Sunset, Nikolay Dmitriev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191847_1_grid.jpg)
It Is Summer Warm Rain At Sunset
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Spring in the garden of Eden - blossoms, spring in France, flowers garden, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190372_1_grid.jpg)
Spring in the garden of Eden - blossoms, spring in France, flowers garden
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,999
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![Painting, Elegance in Twilight, Ruzanna Melqumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213948_1_grid.jpg)
Elegance in Twilight
Ruzanna Melqumyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€629
![Painting, Blue Porsche, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition with Still life, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215280_1_grid.jpg)
Composition with Still life
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€581
![Painting, Architectural Harmony, Arto Mkrtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215140_1_grid.jpg)
Architectural Harmony
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€436
![Painting, Tide Time, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Playas salvajes -serie paraísos perdidos-paraísos recobrados-, José Fernández Morán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214082_1_grid.jpg)
Playas salvajes -serie paraísos perdidos-paraísos recobrados-
José Fernández Morán
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,375
![Painting, Histories etched in Crimson, Evelina Vine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213854_1_grid.jpg)
Histories etched in Crimson
Evelina Vine
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Melodies of the Sky, Armen Vahramyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213794_1_grid.jpg)
Melodies of the Sky
Armen Vahramyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€861
![Painting, Goodbye, Luca Brandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neboa en Trevinca, Paco Ascón Callejo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209958_1_grid.jpg)
Neboa en Trevinca
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Painting, Train, Tsisia Kiladze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214060_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Déhanchement, Francis Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206812_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le passage de la locomotive, Francisco Severino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213855_1_grid.jpg)
Le passage de la locomotive
Francisco Severino
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
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![Painting, Black is Black, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, It's Getting Kind of Hectic, Emma Harrison](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190749_1_grid.jpg)
It's Getting Kind of Hectic
Emma Harrison
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Purple Lilac and Blue Diptych, Paulo Gnecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214537_1_grid.jpg)
Purple Lilac and Blue Diptych
Paulo Gnecco
Painting - 95 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
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Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style)
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 101.6 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 35 x 1 inch
€2,565
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![Painting, Le lézard s'enivre de soleil, Marc Janson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215156_1_grid.jpg)
Le lézard s'enivre de soleil
Marc Janson
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€3,695
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Château d'eau
Georges Albert Fustier
Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,262
![Painting, Passerelle d'un monde à l'autre, Charlotte Pivard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212164_1_grid.jpg)
Passerelle d'un monde à l'autre
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
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![Painting, Vue sur la mer, Italie, Arthur Jean Baptiste Calame](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215094_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur la mer, Italie
Arthur Jean Baptiste Calame
Painting - 22 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.7 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,295
![Painting, Composition, Michel Cadoret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214574_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Saving Grace I Apocalyptic Doodle, Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212088_1_grid.jpg)
Saving Grace I Apocalyptic Doodle
Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€910
![Painting, Crossroads, Nazar Ivanyuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211717_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La campagne - Paysage et promenade dans les champs, Philippe Maillebuau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211120_1_grid.jpg)
La campagne - Paysage et promenade dans les champs
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,320
![Painting, Pêcheurs, Alberto Vianelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215238_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Freedom, Julia Swaby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset Bliss, Nick Vivian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195663_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crooked Player, Ajegbomogun Damilola](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214840_1_grid.jpg)
Crooked Player
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€3,388
![Painting, The red house - Tuscany painting landscape, Andrea Borella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212144_1_grid.jpg)
The red house - Tuscany painting landscape
Andrea Borella
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€435
![Painting, Aspect X, Ann Thomson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oppressor and the Oppressed, Abiodun Nafiu Azeez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186933_1_grid.jpg)
Oppressor and the Oppressed
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez
Painting - 116.8 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 35 x 1 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Soft Murmur, Damilola Ilori](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213988_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Night encounters, Reinaldo Chavez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212036_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pyatnitsa-Plot. Twilight, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212022_1_grid.jpg)
Pyatnitsa-Plot. Twilight
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Winter green, Bill Stone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037819_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Freedom, Konstantin Lakstigal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213819_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vibrant Abstract Burst, Hayk Miqayelyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209435_1_grid.jpg)
Vibrant Abstract Burst
Hayk Miqayelyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€581
![Painting, My Rose Is Yours Alone, Tolulope Adigbo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214832_1_grid.jpg)
My Rose Is Yours Alone
Tolulope Adigbo
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,146
![Painting, Hawaii Fish Cave, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crépis rouge, Eurgal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204137_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Équilibre illusoire 65, Françoise Utrel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182068_1_grid.jpg)
Équilibre illusoire 65
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€2,400
![Painting, Ayeta (Bulletproof), Abiola Olabamiji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214857_1_grid.jpg)
Ayeta (Bulletproof)
Abiola Olabamiji
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,757
![Painting, Apurant, Joan Descarga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212166_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Unfurling the Past, Afolayan Emmanuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214820_1_grid.jpg)
Unfurling the Past
Afolayan Emmanuel
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,565
![Painting, Herramienta en Amarillo. From The Composition with Tools series, Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208259_1_grid.jpg)
Herramienta en Amarillo. From The Composition with Tools series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€968
![Painting, 4 Corners, Hunt Slonem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195401_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blossoms of Strength 1, Gobe Joseph](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213971_1_grid.jpg)
Blossoms of Strength 1
Gobe Joseph
Painting - 137.2 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 35 x 1 inch
€5,129
![Painting, Mozarts in Vienna, Tinatin Chkhikvishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199551_1_grid.jpg)
Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,400
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Tranquility
Ogunleke Festus Abiodun
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,694 €1,524
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Abstract flowers n°3 - Italian painting & frame
Paolo Massimo Abrans
Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€325
![Painting, Fragmentation, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212996_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmentation
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€570
![Painting, Ta'anis 2a Pink, Menachem Weinreb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214227_1_grid.jpg)
Ta'anis 2a Pink
Menachem Weinreb
Painting - 103 x 103 x 2 cm Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 0.8 inch
€6,562
![Painting, Colors of Nature's Palette, Maya Green](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213379_1_grid.jpg)
Colors of Nature's Palette
Maya Green
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€2,323
![Painting, A day at the beach, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208942_1_grid.jpg)
A day at the beach
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,291
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French School -Portrait Summer La Baule 9 -Idleness Therapy XL Impressionist
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch
€2,800 €2,296
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Energy Flames M 1 / Oil
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,990 €1,791
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Clair de lune
Agnès Olmer Zlatine
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€1,500
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Lab #10 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€726
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Ventana. Marisol
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,800
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You can kill in the heart. Just stop loving someone. And then that person dies
Wioletta Jaskólska
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
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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.