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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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Huge Scottish Loch Landscape Signed Oil Painting British 20th century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch
signed by Prudence Turner, British b. 1930
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 25 x 45 inches
board: 21 x 41 inches
Provenance: private collection, England.
Con...
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rosa Pristina" (contemporary, original, abstract, floral, pink flower, natural)
Located in Paris, IDF
ROSA PRISTINA Latin for "earliest rose" or "pristine rose," captures a bloom suspended forever between full vitality and delicate decay. The painting is an abstract elegy to the rose...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Dye, Oil, Plaster, Cotton Canvas
French IMPRESSIONIST Oil Painting GRASSE FRENCH RIVIERA Late 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Elizabeth Macdonald Buchanan (1939-2020) English
TITLE: "Early Morning At St Jean Grasse"
SIGNED: labelled verso
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 45cm x 45cm inclusive of frame
C...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large landscape oil painting of houses by Spanish artist Julián Ugarte Munozabal
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Landscape Oil Painting, European Art, Mid-Century Art, Wall Art, Vintage Décor, Vintage art, Pastoral Landscape, Countryside painting, Vintage Painting, Original oil painting, French...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Landscape Post-Impressionist French Snowscape Small Oil Painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Post Impressionist framed snowscape oil painting on board by French artist Maurice Paris (1903-1969) This small jewel of a painting is quite beautiful. The artist has captur...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
