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![Painting, In my pride 1, Uhule Nguemo Martha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048043_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Companion, Ibitoye Emmanuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027244_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Finger style, Hatis _Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman on Valor, Crixtover Edwin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998723_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oaxaca, James Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Opened eyes, Dimitar Voynov - Junior](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095524_1_grid.jpg)
Opened eyes
Dimitar Voynov - Junior
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
![Painting, The sound of the sea, Eugene Poliarush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2078187_1_grid.jpg)
The sound of the sea
Eugene Poliarush
Painting - 60.96 x 91.44 x 2.54 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,858
![Painting, A perfect world, Zhe Lv](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Brûlage, Jacques Volpi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012250_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, JL 7/76, Jean Leppien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086983_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ambiance de plage, Clothilde Lasserre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000076_1_grid.jpg)
Ambiance de plage
Clothilde Lasserre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€670
![Painting, Dins, Xavi Figueras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1995489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Malestroke, Andrius Zakarauskas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077392_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Albert, Carole St-Germain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096922_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
€15,529
![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
€900
![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
€500
![Painting, Albeniz suite espanola granada, Hikaru O](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027184_1_grid.jpg)
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
€183
![Painting, Joy of twins mother, Prince Twins Seven - Seven](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095581_1_grid.jpg)
Joy of twins mother
Prince Twins Seven - Seven
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1 inch
€6,794
![Painting, Conversation, Jean Jansem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009208_1_grid.jpg)
![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
€4,200
![Painting, Poussière de lune, Florence Comas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027085_1_grid.jpg)
Poussière de lune
Florence Comas
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch
€3,688
![Painting, Gogon, Danuta Turkiewicz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005572_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Between spring and autumn, Oleksandr Serdiuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038779_1_grid.jpg)
Between spring and autumn
Oleksandr Serdiuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Untitled, Ihor Panchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038749_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5, Damian Bak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005620_1_grid.jpg)
David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5
Damian Bak
Painting - 200 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 51.2 x 2 inch
€4,000
![Painting, Pensando en un paisaje, José Carmona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000136_1_grid.jpg)
Pensando en un paisaje
José Carmona
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,450
![Painting, Venise, Roger Chapelain-Midy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’être de l’ombre, Misha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Standard bearer 15, Christos Antonaropoulos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098713_1_grid.jpg)
Standard bearer 15
Christos Antonaropoulos
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€21,600
![Painting, The two sisters, Adele Bessy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091693_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky blue water II, Daniel McKinley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084415_1_grid.jpg)
Sky blue water II
Daniel McKinley
Painting - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
€19,000
![Painting, Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht, Eugeny Chalakoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097528_1_grid.jpg)
Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht
Eugeny Chalakoff
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,020
![Painting, Mail delivery failed, Robert Bubel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006442_1_grid.jpg)
Mail delivery failed
Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Dawn over the lake, Dawid Zdobylak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005500_1_grid.jpg)
Dawn over the lake
Dawid Zdobylak
Painting - 75 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
€2,300
![Painting, Friends, Emma Chodorowska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ladies to the pond - France painting Belle Epoque + frame, Antonio Pecorelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027112_1_grid.jpg)
Ladies to the pond - France painting Belle Epoque + frame
Antonio Pecorelli
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€315
![Painting, Transaction, Jerzy Lisak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996650_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract portrait blue, Benjamin Carrivick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037621_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract portrait blue
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 9.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
€206
![Painting, The True North, Roldán Lauzán Eiras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005860_1_grid.jpg)
The True North
Roldán Lauzán Eiras
Painting - 170 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
€9,700
![Painting, Harmony, Emanuel Mattini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076795_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lavender hill, Douglas Edwards](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Silence, Alex Nasekin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014815_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Juegos nunca aprehendidos, Carlos Vidal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005884_1_grid.jpg)
Juegos nunca aprehendidos
Carlos Vidal
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,630
![Painting, The mountains, Zhiwei Fu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vase de fleurs, Freida Lock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Swell at sunset - Italian sea painting, Mario Smeraglia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029335_1_grid.jpg)
Swell at sunset - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€250
![Painting, Saioa, Pablo Aizoiala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005830_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jardin du Café Fagolle, Acacias, Genève, H. Doshueses](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988133_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin du Café Fagolle, Acacias, Genève
H. Doshueses
Painting - 40.5 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,033
![Painting, Âne charrette, Nourreddine Guesmia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087250_1_grid.jpg)
Âne charrette
Nourreddine Guesmia
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€300
![Painting, Paradis perdus n°9, Alain Fabreal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001018_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdus n°9
Alain Fabreal
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
![Painting, Good Times Jungle Club, The Savoy, Billy Dee Williams](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069724_1_grid.jpg)
Good Times Jungle Club, The Savoy
Billy Dee Williams
Painting - 142.2 x 142.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 56 x 56 x 2 inch
€21,352
![Painting, Pool, Weronika Adamska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006451_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bon chic, bon genre, Anthony LAMBERT](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000610_1_grid.jpg)
Bon chic, bon genre
Anthony LAMBERT
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
![Painting, Iris bloom, Peggie Blizard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stripes double, Jean Marie Drouet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993059_1_grid.jpg)
Stripes double
Jean Marie Drouet
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
€5,300
![Painting, Unstoppable, Mery Pujato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Light fruit and blue carpet, still life, Efrain Vidal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076771_1_grid.jpg)
Light fruit and blue carpet, still life
Efrain Vidal
Painting - 121.9 x 104.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 41 x 2 inch
€6,211
![Painting, Tendril promise de la série paysages en difficulté / Struggling landscapes, Holly King](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046510_1_grid.jpg)
Tendril promise de la série paysages en difficulté / Struggling landscapes
Holly King
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€3,500
![Painting, Ensimismada, Maite Albors](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084898_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Self-portrait, Viktor Vinichenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait in the studio, Agnieszka Staak-Janczarska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005593_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait in the studio
Agnieszka Staak-Janczarska
Painting - 76 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,900
![Painting, Untitled, Ugo Attardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094834_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled., Filipa Bossuet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The elegant life of Mr H Paris 1967, Key Hiraga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016714_1_grid.jpg)
The elegant life of Mr H Paris 1967
Key Hiraga
Painting - 65 x 54 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
€35,000
![Painting, Untitled no.1, NengZhi Zhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ballet team II, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206158_1_grid.jpg)
The ballet team II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800 €1,350
![Painting, A wet November III, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204558_1_grid.jpg)
A wet November III
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €1,350
![Painting, The grape picker, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189884_1_grid.jpg)
The grape picker
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300 €1,040
![Painting, A boy with a violin, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162422_1_grid.jpg)
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€900 €765
![Painting, Dating in the rain, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143831_1_grid.jpg)
Dating in the rain
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000 €1,600
![Painting, Natural Recycling, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096952_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Recycling
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 75 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Mountains river, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025732_1_grid.jpg)
Mountains river
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,553
![Painting, Autumn storm, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025705_1_grid.jpg)
Autumn storm
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,553
![Painting, In the rays of the sunset, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025687_1_grid.jpg)
In the rays of the sunset
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 69.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,359
![Painting, Blue summer, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025660_1_grid.jpg)
Blue summer
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,407
![Painting, Heart over head, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2070249_1_grid.jpg)
Heart over head
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
![Painting, Then & now, Jean Feinberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fétiche, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2075727_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, squilibrio rosso, Alessandra Bisi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009529_1_grid.jpg)
squilibrio rosso
Alessandra Bisi
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
![Painting, Roller Coaster, Niki Singleton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943295_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Playful Reality #260, Kris Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2092473_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Playful reality #87, Kris Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2003364_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Children dreams flight, Ivan Russev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094465_1_grid.jpg)
Children dreams flight
Ivan Russev
Painting - 44 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,540
![Painting, Sweet journey, Daniel Castan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Now you see me, Eniafe Gbenga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2004807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mountains at Sunset, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091027_1_grid.jpg)
Mountains at Sunset
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, October 24, country lane in Saint Vincent, Anne Baudequin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2033193_1_grid.jpg)
October 24, country lane in Saint Vincent
Anne Baudequin
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,844
![Painting, September 13, cows at the Mont Gerbier de Jonc, Anne Baudequin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2033175_1_grid.jpg)
September 13, cows at the Mont Gerbier de Jonc
Anne Baudequin
Painting - 61 x 91.9 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,844
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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.