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![Painting, Untitled (ID 1284), Fieroza Doorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/607161_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Il était une fois...., Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211212_1_grid.jpg)
Il était une fois....
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,971
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![Painting, Nada mejor que con el abuelo, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202571_1_grid.jpg)
Nada mejor que con el abuelo
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 252 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 99.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,313
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Toy Horse Reverie
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$300
![Painting, Croûtasse sur Mer, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197944_1_grid.jpg)
Croûtasse sur Mer
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
![Painting, The Lone Forager, Shahen Aleksandryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196737_1_grid.jpg)
The Lone Forager
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$199
![Painting, Animal Painting # 022-2061, Les Thomas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196448_1_grid.jpg)
Animal Painting # 022-2061
Les Thomas
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$9,110
![Painting, Vareadores de Flores, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195473_1_grid.jpg)
Vareadores de Flores
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 162 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,579
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![Painting, Bosque de Fuensanta, Agustín Gancedo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192290_1_grid.jpg)
Bosque de Fuensanta
Agustín Gancedo
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
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![Painting, L'Oiseau Damoclès (Étude), Patricia Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190135_1_grid.jpg)
L'Oiseau Damoclès (Étude)
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 45 x 28 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11 x 1.2 inch
$510
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La vie en couleur II
Maude Ovize
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,215
![Painting, Abstract n°545, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225953_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°545
Harry James Moody
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$5,200
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Infinity Stone (Hannah), New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
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Un bout d'espace #2
Marianne Quinzin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
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![Painting, Monte Savello, Rome, Luigi Surdi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196694_1_grid.jpg)
Monte Savello, Rome
Luigi Surdi
Painting - 55 x 65.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,591
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Man in the fields
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 49 x 64 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Colorful shapes, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193742_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Goldens reflections, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192979_1_grid.jpg)
Goldens reflections
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$436
![Painting, La lune qui pleure II, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188332_1_grid.jpg)
La lune qui pleure II
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 27.2 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.7 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$442
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Les pensées s'envolent
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$168
![Painting, La lune qui pleure, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188328_1_grid.jpg)
La lune qui pleure
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$168
![Painting, HealingGreenland - Skydiving, Shin Seung-Hun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188246_1_grid.jpg)
HealingGreenland - Skydiving
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 116.8 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 46 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
$4,698
![Painting, Chunja's Multiverse Story, Shin Seung-Hun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188244_1_grid.jpg)
Chunja's Multiverse Story
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 3 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,349
![Painting, La femme à la licorne, Yannick Aaron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187031_1_grid.jpg)
La femme à la licorne
Yannick Aaron
Painting - 200 x 200 x 2.7 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.1 inch
$13,422
![Painting, Perspectives Manhattan, Daniel Castan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175566_1_grid.jpg)
Perspectives Manhattan
Daniel Castan
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,069
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![Painting, Vague Nocturne, Nicolas Fropo de Habart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/130456_1_grid.jpg)
Vague Nocturne
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,349
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![Painting, My garden had a party and i wasn't invited, Valérie Butters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203778_1_grid.jpg)
My garden had a party and i wasn't invited
Valérie Butters
Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,145
![Painting, Spring colors, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203681_1_grid.jpg)
Spring colors
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$500
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Head of Daphne in Red (triptych)
Reinar Foreman
Painting - 35 x 105 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,474
![Painting, Sol de Jalisco 5, Nicolas Sanchez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192472_1_grid.jpg)
Sol de Jalisco 5
Nicolas Sanchez
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 1.5 inch
$8,000
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I wasn't expecting you
Lilly Muth
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,790
![Painting, You've turned my World upside down, Lilly Muth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175192_1_grid.jpg)
You've turned my World upside down
Lilly Muth
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Sicily 19, Google Earth Landscapes Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$727
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![Painting, Lecture en bleu majeur, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175690_1_grid.jpg)
Lecture en bleu majeur
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,226
![Painting, La laitière revisitée, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146392_1_grid.jpg)
La laitière revisitée
Catherine Clare
Painting - 92 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Femme à l'éventail, jardin au bord du Nil, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146358_1_grid.jpg)
Femme à l'éventail, jardin au bord du Nil
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
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Winter forest Birch NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,478
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Birch forest bed NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,872
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Birch forest IV NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,872
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Birch forest sunset NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,872
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Cerulean blue Birches II NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,872
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De cendre et de rouillle
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,675
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My Name Is Audrey
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,033
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My Name Is Beyonce
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,033
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My Name Is Lady Gaga
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,033
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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.