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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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The Adoration of the Shepherds
Located in London, GB
Follower of El Greco
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on canvas
The present work bares close similarity to a painting of the same name in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Ma...
Category
17th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mont-Orford, Quebec
Located in Westmount, QC
Albert Rousseau, Canadian, 1908 - 1982
Oil on canvas panel
12 x 16 in
Signed lower right;
signed, titled and dated verso
Framed
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose works can be found in both public and private collections around the globe. Shamma was born in Damascus, Syria (1975) to a Syrian father and L...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of King Edward VI, Oil on panel with Gold Leaf, 18th Century English
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel
Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 inches (37.5 x 27 inches)
18th Century Auricular gilt frame
Provenance
New York private collection
This portrait of the King Edward VI depicts...
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose works can be found in both public and private collections around the globe. Shamma was born in Damascus, Syria (1975) to a Syrian father and L...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Tuque
Located in Westmount, QC
Stanley Cosgrove, 1911-2002, Canadian
La Tuque , 1972
Oil on board
18 x 14 in
45.7 x 35.6 cm
signed lower right; signed, titled;
dated 1972 and inscribed “no. 12” and “Hudson” on ...
Category
1980s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
