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Is it necessary to varnish oil paintings?
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Varnishing an oil is not necessary, but it is recommended because it protects the painting and corrects surface irregularities.
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 th...
Category
1870s English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$28,495 Sale Price
30% Off
Last Light on Slaters Ridge Wyatt Mt - Blue Sky Green Mountain Landscape, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
The verdant green, mountainous landscape of Gregory Hennen's Virginia home are the subject for this rich, highly detailed contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel. Recording t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge 1700's Florentine Old Master Oil Painting Eros Triumph over Pan Male Nudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Triumph of Eros over Pan
Florentine School, early 1700's period
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 58 x 48.5 inches
canvas: 50 x 40 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris, Franc...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1920's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Cattle in Autumn Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Matinée d'Automne"
by Pierre Eugene Montezin (1874 - 1946), French
faintly signed lower right
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 35 x 45.5 inches
canvas: 26 x 36 inches
Provenance: priva...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Moonlight Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism
Title: Moonlight
Size: 17.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
