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![Painting, Sérénité, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191654_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tree of life and Fertility, Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191572_1_grid.jpg)
Tree of life and Fertility
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€860
![Painting, Polyphony of Feelings., Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191570_1_grid.jpg)
Polyphony of Feelings.
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€860
![Painting, Bright magical flowers and funny birds, Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190495_1_grid.jpg)
Bright magical flowers and funny birds
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, Shine, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190215_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Northern Wind, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190210_1_grid.jpg)
Northern Wind
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
€3,000
![Painting, In the radiance, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190205_1_grid.jpg)
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Play of light, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190195_1_grid.jpg)
Play of light
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 57 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22.4 x 1 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Melancholy, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189634_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In the Shine, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189627_1_grid.jpg)
In the Shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Morning Tenderness, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187814_1_grid.jpg)
Morning Tenderness
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€2,900
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Floral Paradise with Parrot
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 40 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
€193
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![Painting, Bird Pair with White Flowers, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207477_1_grid.jpg)
Bird Pair with White Flowers
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€291
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You are the Happiness that Flows Through Me
Slava Ilyayev
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
€8,347
![Painting, Pathway Through Paradise, Sergey Miqayelyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205999_1_grid.jpg)
Pathway Through Paradise
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€679
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![Painting, Golden Winter Forest, Sergey Miqayelyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203371_1_grid.jpg)
Golden Winter Forest
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€679
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![Painting, III (Three) Imperfect Imperfections, Makama John](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200027_1_grid.jpg)
III (Three) Imperfect Imperfections
Makama John
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,231
![Painting, Untitled, Ilia Balavadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Ilia Balavadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198366_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Couleurs du soir, Victorine Follana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194105_1_grid.jpg)
Couleurs du soir
Victorine Follana
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Painting, Lily's Transgression, Elena Chulkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193956_1_grid.jpg)
Lily's Transgression
Elena Chulkova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, The birth of flora 2, Elena Chulkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193943_1_grid.jpg)
The birth of flora 2
Elena Chulkova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, From the series Ecology of soul and nature V, Mykola Mamchur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193701_1_grid.jpg)
From the series Ecology of soul and nature V
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
![Painting, From the series Ecology of soul and nature II, Mykola Mamchur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193695_1_grid.jpg)
From the series Ecology of soul and nature II
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
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![Painting, Seascape blue - Sunset, turquoise waves, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189682_1_grid.jpg)
Seascape blue - Sunset, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 7 x 7 x 1 cm Painting - 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 inch
€100
![Painting, Paysage Marin 12, Christine Barrès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189458_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sea horizon - Sunset, turquoise waves, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188598_1_grid.jpg)
Sea horizon - Sunset, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 7 x 7 x 1 cm Painting - 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 inch
€100
![Painting, Under The Sun, Tanya Grinevich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187691_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mi escondite de verano, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213128_1_grid.jpg)
Mi escondite de verano
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 140 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€3,100
![Painting, El pastor ceno pescao, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213126_1_grid.jpg)
El pastor ceno pescao
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 140 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€3,100
![Painting, Caballo de San Bartolome, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211917_1_grid.jpg)
Caballo de San Bartolome
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 136 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 53.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,550
![Painting, Le Mont Saint Michel - Paysage de Normandie, Véronique Saudez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210377_1_grid.jpg)
Le Mont Saint Michel - Paysage de Normandie
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€240
![Painting, L'etang du Plan - Paysage et Nature, Véronique Saudez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210375_1_grid.jpg)
L'etang du Plan - Paysage et Nature
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€165
![Painting, Le Mont Aiguille - Paysage et montagne du Vercors, Véronique Saudez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210367_1_grid.jpg)
Le Mont Aiguille - Paysage et montagne du Vercors
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€165
![Painting, A Modern Architectural Marvel, Aram Movsisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208076_1_grid.jpg)
A Modern Architectural Marvel
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€369
![Painting, Girl in the Forest, Tigran Pogosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207988_1_grid.jpg)
Girl in the Forest
Tigran Pogosyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
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![Painting, Whiting, Red, Yellow, Orange 7522, Renato Spagnoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201910_1_grid.jpg)
Whiting, Red, Yellow, Orange 7522
Renato Spagnoli
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,400
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12 series Ultramarine arctic summer
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 42 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
€583
![Painting, 12 series Yellow leaping on ultramarine, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198577_1_grid.jpg)
12 series Yellow leaping on ultramarine
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 42 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
€580
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![Painting, Ombres sur le chemin, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212672_1_grid.jpg)
Ombres sur le chemin
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
![Painting, Arbre en fête, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212664_1_grid.jpg)
Arbre en fête
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
![Painting, La foret d'automne rouge, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212663_1_grid.jpg)
La foret d'automne rouge
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
![Painting, Arbre soutenu, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212662_1_grid.jpg)
Arbre soutenu
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 27.2 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.7 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€395
![Painting, Foret d'automne jaune, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212661_1_grid.jpg)
Foret d'automne jaune
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
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Sunlit Butterfly Canvas
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€369
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Marche bleu au soleil
Mark Kaplan
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€15,000
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Chef au pied du sacre-coeur
Mark Kaplan
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
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Olympic Swimming in Seine Paris 2024 (Piscine Olympique dans la Seine Paris 2024)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€485
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Taylor Swift's Red Lipsticks (Les Rouges à Lèvres de Taylor Swift)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€150
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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.