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![Painting, Presage, Nicholas Kriefall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186346_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, When the World Woke Up, Nicholas Kriefall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186344_1_grid.jpg)
When the World Woke Up
Nicholas Kriefall
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,700
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![Painting, Storm Over the Lowland, Nicholas Kriefall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186342_1_grid.jpg)
Storm Over the Lowland
Nicholas Kriefall
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,700
![Painting, Princess with Horns, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Nathalie Gribinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185314_1_grid.jpg)
Princess with Horns, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Nathalie Gribinski
Painting - 160 x 243.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 96 x 1 inch
$12,600
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The Music Mind
Nathalie Gribinski
Painting - 142.2 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 56 x 54 x 1 inch
$6,400
![Painting, Underwater Waltz, Shahen Aleksandryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182829_1_grid.jpg)
Underwater Waltz
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$450
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Free Fall Abstract n°542
Harry James Moody
Painting - 86.4 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 34 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,454
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A la recherche des valeurs perdues
Ahmed Zelfani
Painting - 205 x 69 x 2.5 cm Painting - 80.7 x 27.2 x 1 inch
$6,040
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Fleurs bleues dans la jungle
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,125
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Metaphysical weight (2) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (8)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 180 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,382
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Poussières de lumière
Annie Madec
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$280
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Sur la plage, enfants...
Annie Madec
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$280
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A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
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Odalisque Hommage à Matisse
Catherine Clare
Painting - 65 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Heaven in a Wild Flower, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949184_1_grid.jpg)
Heaven in a Wild Flower
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 170 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,033
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I Can Bring An Explosion
Julia Swaby
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$593
![Painting, Horizontal view over the sea - Positano painting Italy, Gianni Di Guida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209353_1_grid.jpg)
Horizontal view over the sea - Positano painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$531
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Vertical view over the sea - Positano painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$531
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On the beach
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$500
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Descent to Ravello - Amalfitan Coast painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
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View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
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Window on Posillipo - Naples painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
![Painting, Guardians of the Frost, Stepan Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203543_1_grid.jpg)
Guardians of the Frost
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$480
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J’ai retrouvé ma boucle d’oreille
Pascale Taurua
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,803 $3,346
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Voici venir l'orage
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$850
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Snow-covered village
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 55 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,000
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Deserving More
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
![Painting, Mother Nature, Noyem Khachatryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285782_1_grid.jpg)
Mother Nature
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Purple Medusa, Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210738_1_grid.jpg)
Purple Medusa
Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi
Painting - 127 x 79 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 31.1 x 1.2 inch
$33,386
![Painting, Memories of Sofia, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209798_1_grid.jpg)
Memories of Sofia
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,174
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Calebasse striée
Françoise Danel
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,362
![Painting, Champ de lumières, Frédéric Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202847_1_grid.jpg)
Champ de lumières
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$660
![Painting, Joie et lumière à Pleumeur, Frédéric Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202845_1_grid.jpg)
Joie et lumière à Pleumeur
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$615
![Painting, La danse du matin, Frédéric Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202844_1_grid.jpg)
La danse du matin
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.5 inch
$1,096
![Painting, Mystic Forest, Frédéric Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202843_1_grid.jpg)
Mystic Forest
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,096
![Painting, Seuls au monde !, Frédéric Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202839_1_grid.jpg)
Seuls au monde !
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$1,409
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Femme au filet de poissons
Frederick Reginald Donat
Painting - 47 x 26 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.5 x 10.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,676
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The Blind Men and The Elephant
Carl White
Painting - 36 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,214
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Echapper - série Composition abstraite
Claire de Noinville
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$157
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French Riviera, Marine, seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,678
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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.