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Are oil paintings more valuable than paintings done in acrylic?

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Are oil paintings more valuable than paintings done in acrylic?

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....
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...
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1870s English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paris in the Snow, French Post Impressionist View, Montmartre, Le Bateau Lavoir
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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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