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Who was the first artist to use oil paint?
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The name of the first artist to use oil paints isn't known. However, historians have traced the use of oils back to 7th-century Afghanistan. There, Buddhist artists used oil paintings to produce religious artworks. One of the first artists to be famous for their use of oil paints was Jan van Eyck, a Flemish artist who was active from 1422 to 1441. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of oil paintings.
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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
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Fine Victorian Signed Oil Painting Sunset Dusk over the River with Anglers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Anglers at Sunset
by Edwin Henry Boddington (1836–1905)
signed and indistinctly dated 18??
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 30 inches
canvas : 12 x 24.5 inches
Provenance: private...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Montmartre in the Snow, Parisian Winter City Scene
Located in Beachwood, OH
Armand Manago Guerin (French, 1913-1983)
Montmartre in the Snow, Paris
Oil on masonite
Signed lower right
18.25 x 21.5 inches
25 x 28.75 inches, framed
The painter known as Armand M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Original French Fish Oil Painting on Canvas, Herrings and Seashell
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Rare and stunning antique oil on stretched canvas of Herrings, lemon and a seashell. Two Herrings lay on a piece of paper while a piece of lemon awaits to garnish them when cooked. ...
Category
1920s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
New York City Brooklyn Bridge Salmagundi Award Winning Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge
22 x 28 unframed and 31 x 36.5 framed
signed LL
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge is an oil painting by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hotel room. From The Light Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
While "Composition for Film" evokes notable associations with masters of painting and poetry known precisely for their ability to evoke slow time, intimacy, poetry, and introversion ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
