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![Painting, Anticipation of Cake, Ocean Quigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1316133_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Personnages devant la mosquée, André Pettinerolli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022253_1_grid.jpg)
Personnages devant la mosquée
André Pettinerolli
Painting - 50 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch
$3,095
![Painting, Bateau du Léman, "Belle Époque" et pont du Mont Blanc, Genève, Jean Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961800_1_grid.jpg)
Bateau du Léman, "Belle Époque" et pont du Mont Blanc, Genève
Jean Bernard
Painting - 81 x 115.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,462
![Painting, HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country, Gigi Lilavois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/888912_1_grid.jpg)
HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country
Gigi Lilavois
Painting - 70 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,418
![Painting, Bouteilles 1989 Bottles, Still life, Transparency and bottles, Nature morte transparence et bouteilles, Gilles Le Corre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/879765_1_grid.jpg)
Bouteilles 1989 Bottles, Still life, Transparency and bottles, Nature morte transparence et bouteilles
Gilles Le Corre
Painting - 74 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 29.1 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,418
![Painting, Flat Iron, Martine Sigolet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/710145_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gardasee, Richard Fuchs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/676965_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Revelation, Raimundo de Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52374_1_grid.jpg)
Revelation
Raimundo de Oliveira
Painting - 73.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 40 x 1 inch
$125,000
![Painting, Expression tremblante, Jin Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/294619_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rome from the Victoriano, Kenny Harris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153695_1_grid.jpg)
Rome from the Victoriano
Kenny Harris
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 6.4 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 2.5 inch
$2,000
![Painting, Albert, Carole St-Germain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Accrétion, Jacques Yankel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bienvenue, Louis-Paul Ordonneau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1905147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bicycle, Painting, Oil on Paper, Jan Willem Versteeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842294_1_grid.jpg)
Bicycle, Painting, Oil on Paper
Jan Willem Versteeg
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$439
![Painting, Untitled, Fritz Erler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616466_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Baku, Khrystyna Bodnaruk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1294188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les couleurs flamboyantes, Noro Rajaoson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097661_1_grid.jpg)
Les couleurs flamboyantes
Noro Rajaoson
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$429
![Painting, The Journey #4, Gil Bruvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097184_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coca Cola Empire War, Luc Duina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898650_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Village Fiesta 1982 Collection National MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, Ryu HU RIAL](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887694_1_grid.jpg)
Village Fiesta 1982 Collection National MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Ryu HU RIAL
Painting - 32 x 124 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 48.8 x 0.4 inch
$3,294 $1,647
![Painting, Jaillissement, Adrienne Jalbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151362_1_grid.jpg)
Jaillissement
Adrienne Jalbert
Painting - 228 x 129 x 4 cm Painting - 89.8 x 50.8 x 1.6 inch
$15,658
![Painting, Untitled, Sara Shamma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137606_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Allegria, Dominique Renson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135504_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A song for spring, Hazel Thomson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059770_1_grid.jpg)
A song for spring
Hazel Thomson
Painting - 100.1 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,222
![Painting, Yy can’t wee beef rends!, Nathan Paddison](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1966392_1_grid.jpg)
Yy can’t wee beef rends!
Nathan Paddison
Painting - 64 x 204 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 80.3 x 1.2 inch
$4,000
![Painting, Blue dancing, Eduardo Vega de Seoane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1944348_1_grid.jpg)
Blue dancing
Eduardo Vega de Seoane
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,642
![Painting, Village dans les vignes, Michel Jouenne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1779690_1_grid.jpg)
Village dans les vignes
Michel Jouenne
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,494
![Painting, System I, Christine Nobel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Energy Of The Sea, Victoria Curling Eriksson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1617015_1_grid.jpg)
Energy Of The Sea
Victoria Curling Eriksson
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,572
![Painting, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412889_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By dusk, Nicolas Kennett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1310973_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inexaustible, Anastasia Gklava](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1220820_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, 'Long Bien Bridge 6' Contemporary Painting of Urban Scene, Le Quy Tong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1070205_1_grid.jpg)
'Long Bien Bridge 6' Contemporary Painting of Urban Scene
Le Quy Tong
Painting - 78.7 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31 x 39 x 2 inch
$8,900
![Painting, 1974 Les toits de Paris Roofs, Kojiro Akagi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1061346_1_grid.jpg)
1974 Les toits de Paris Roofs
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 35 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$8,388
![Painting, Hang Be Street Expressionist Everyday Street Scene with Women and Trees, Pham Luan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052079_1_grid.jpg)
Hang Be Street Expressionist Everyday Street Scene with Women and Trees
Pham Luan
Painting - 87.6 x 100.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 34.5 x 39.5 x 2 inch
$7,800
![Painting, Enter Pagoda, Le Nhu Ha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1013913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elephant, Keith O'Connor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/762678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dessert, Rustam Qbik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer Landscape, Alexandar Assenov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/50880_1_grid.jpg)
Summer Landscape
Alexandar Assenov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
![Painting, Fantasy is a necessary ingredient, Ruby Bat Arnon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/481096_1_grid.jpg)
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient
Ruby Bat Arnon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,185
![Painting, Tempête, Duvez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2115327_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scene With A Baby Jumper, Hiroya Kurata](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085435_1_grid.jpg)
Scene With A Baby Jumper
Hiroya Kurata
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.54 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$16,000
![Painting, Gardiner's Park, Jonathan Van Brunt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068914_1_grid.jpg)
Gardiner's Park
Jonathan Van Brunt
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 1 inch
$3,770
![Painting, House (3), Jarik Jongman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2062911_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venise, le Rialto, Marko Stupar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010516_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coquelicots et soucis, Michel Vezinet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996578_1_grid.jpg)
Coquelicots et soucis
Michel Vezinet
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Tulips II, Carlos Bruscianelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tea Picker, Grigol Chirinashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nocturno 1 - Abstract Oil Painting With Green and Blue Colors, Alfredo Aya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/928311_1_grid.jpg)
Nocturno 1 - Abstract Oil Painting With Green and Blue Colors
Alfredo Aya
Painting - 88.9 x 39.4 cm Painting - 35 x 15.5 inch
$3,800
![Painting, Etude from the series 191, Anastasiia Kolibaba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921324_1_grid.jpg)
Etude from the series 191
Anastasiia Kolibaba
Painting - 27 x 52 x 1 cm Painting - 10.6 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$500
![Painting, Nonoalco, Reflejos del mundo, Joseba Sánchez Zabaleta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897159_1_grid.jpg)
Nonoalco, Reflejos del mundo
Joseba Sánchez Zabaleta
Painting - 140 x 159 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 62.6 x 1.2 inch
$24,606
![Painting, Départ des fantassins pour la guerre de 14, Claudius Seignol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896508_1_grid.jpg)
Départ des fantassins pour la guerre de 14
Claudius Seignol
Painting - 54.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,388
![Painting, Le pont Japonais, François Chauvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174994_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Lemon on the Windowsill, Meir Pichhadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170965_1_grid.jpg)
A Lemon on the Windowsill
Meir Pichhadze
Painting - 45.5 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 17.9 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$13,500
![Painting, Botanical Offshoot XVII, Deborah Lawrence Schafer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162649_1_grid.jpg)
Botanical Offshoot XVII
Deborah Lawrence Schafer
Painting - 152.4 x 114.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 60 x 45 x 0 inch
$4,362
![Painting, Bouquet, Christoff Debusschere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161762_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, De Baluden à Herlin - série Paysage marin, Virginie Le Roy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2115282_1_grid.jpg)
De Baluden à Herlin - série Paysage marin
Virginie Le Roy
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$358
![Painting, Flower composition, Arina Melikhova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2092413_1_grid.jpg)
Flower composition
Arina Melikhova
Painting - 19.7 x 16.6 x 1 cm Painting - 7.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Painting, Autumn Sun, Walkers, Ellen Bradshaw](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051601_1_grid.jpg)
Autumn Sun, Walkers
Ellen Bradshaw
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$4,200
![Painting, Still life, Claude Decamps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1903356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Great white shark, Paulo Jimenez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Clock, Shabana Godhrawala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Julia, Stàn Bert Singer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1791885_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage urbain n°2, Jacques Migayrou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1301586_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage urbain n°2
Jacques Migayrou
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,474
![Painting, Sans titre, Maurice Sage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/126082_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arizona Cotton, Gary Ernest Smith](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1107264_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1984 LADY on Green Portrait LADY sur fond vert, Malgorzata Pochopien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1014969_1_grid.jpg)
1984 LADY on Green Portrait LADY sur fond vert
Malgorzata Pochopien
Painting - 90 x 65 x 0.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
$10,681
![Painting, Sunset In The Mediterranean, Bonaventura Aumatell Tarradellas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997128_1_grid.jpg)
Sunset In The Mediterranean
Bonaventura Aumatell Tarradellas
Painting - 73 x 62 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
![Painting, Les Jardins du Trocadéro, Rodykka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907941_1_grid.jpg)
Les Jardins du Trocadéro
Rodykka
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$10,625
![Painting, Sans titre, Mechtilt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/437484_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Graduation Day, Rockefeller Chapel, UChicago, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Leon Sarantos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167895_1_grid.jpg)
Graduation Day, Rockefeller Chapel, UChicago, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Leon Sarantos
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,890
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Albeniz suite espanola granada
Hikaru O
Painting - 33.3 x 24.2 x 2 cm Painting - 13.1 x 9.5 x 0.8 inch
$205
![Painting, Priscilla, Yigal Ozeri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783560_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Paris, Hotel de Ville, Patrick Pietropoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626879_1_grid.jpg)
Paris, Hotel de Ville
Patrick Pietropoli
Painting - 40.6 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 32 x 1.5 inch
$5,000
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![Painting, 1959 Paris Cubist Venus, Lu Chong Min](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1036284_1_grid.jpg)
1959 Paris Cubist Venus
Lu Chong Min
Painting - 81 x 65 x 0.85 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.3 inch
$32,995
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Joy of twins mother
Prince Twins Seven - Seven
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1 inch
$7,000
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![Painting, La Femme Torero, Jean-Luc Beaufils](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000649_1_grid.jpg)
La Femme Torero
Jean-Luc Beaufils
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,698
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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.