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Are oil paintings more valuable than paintings done in acrylic?
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Oils typically command higher prices than acrylic paintings, because they generally require more skill.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
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Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands.
'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Tombs of the Sultans - 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting Royal Academy 1873
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Tombs of the Sultans’ by Frank Dillon R.I. R.O.I. (1823-1909). The painting – which depicts the ancient Egyptian “City of the Dead” outside the old walls of Cairo – is signed by the...
Category
1870s English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$28,139 Sale Price
30% Off
Paris in the Snow, French Post Impressionist View, Montmartre, Le Bateau Lavoir
By Louis Peyrat
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century Post Impressionist view of Le Bateau Lavoir, Montmartre, Paris, in the snow, oil on board by Louis Peyrat. The painting is signed bottom right and is presented in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
No Ordinary Winter's Tale: Resilience, the War 1943, German Expressionist oil
Located in Norwich, GB
This is no ordinary winter scene. It is the story of prosecution and survival; of resolve and resilience during World War 2, as it was experienced by German Expressionist Heinz Lohma...
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage European Landscape Oil Painting Autumn Countryside Scene Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This beautiful vintage oil on canvas landscape captures a warm, pastoral view of the European countryside bathed in soft autumn light. A cluster of whitewashed villas with red-tiled ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Vanguard Series Nr. XVI: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XVI: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board


