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Dipinto figurativo ritratto maschile toscano del XIX secolo
By Aleardo Villa
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato a destra AVILLA.
Aleardo Villa è stato allievo di Giuseppe Bertini e Bartolomeo Giuliano e ha frequentato l'Accademia di Brera, diventando piuttosto famoso in tu...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto neoclassico figurativo storico italiano del XIX secolo
By Vincenzo Camuccini
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è uno studio piuttosto elaborato e finito della figura del decemviro Appio Claudio, e del suo entourage con i littori, che primeggia nella parte sinistra della monumentale...
Category
Early 1800s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Drunken Bacchus, Oil On Canvas, 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Signed lower right.
The god is depicted standing to fill the scene, clad only in a cloth that encircles his loins and by ivy leaves, placed on the hips and on his hea...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto figurativo religioso italiano del XIX secolo neoclassico
Located in Florence, IT
La scena raffigurata è presa dal capitolo 20 del vangelo apocrifo dello Pseudo Matteo e raffigura un evento avvenuto durante la fuga in Egitto. Maria, stanca, chiede a Giuseppe di ra...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Oil
Painting "Esmeralda in the Tower of Notre-Dame 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
It is a copy of the 'painting of the same name by Giulio Cesare Ferrari (1818-1899) made in 1863 and purchased a few years later by the Pinacoteca dell' Accademia di B...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela griega (XIX) - San Sísoes Magno - Óleo sobre plancha
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco bastante actual
Medidas obra: 29 cm altura x 19 cm ancho.
Medidas marco: 48 cm altura x 38 cm ancho.
Estado ta...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$474 Sale Price
20% Off
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Castillo de Cardona
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte trasera, parece poner Sevilla Urtado (desconozco el artista) y también va titulada "Castillo de Cardona)
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco del siglo ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$949 Sale Price
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Dipinto figurativo impressionista fiorentino ritratto femminile del XIX secolo
By Michele Gordigiani
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato e datato in alto a destra MGordigiani 78 e le misure senza cornice sono 58 x 73 cm
Raffigura una fanciulla con lo sguardo incantato, la bocca socchiusa e la test...
Category
1870s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mythological figurative painting of 19th century Italian Romanticism
Located in Florence, IT
The painting depicts "Ossian tells Malvina about the exploits of his son Oscar" and is dated at lower right "Filippo Bellati did the year 1811" and the unframed measurements are 233 ...
Category
1810s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painted 19th century Roman historical religious male figurative portrait
Located in Florence, IT
Oil painting on canvas ( 97 x 72 cm; 116 x 89 cm with gilt wood frame).
Title: Portrait of Monsignor Gherardo Federici against the background of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore i...
Category
Early 1800s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Religious figurative painting male nude 19th century Italian Romanticism
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (oil on canvas 120 x 96 cm, with gilded and carved wooden frame 140 x 116 cm) is signed and dated at lower right in italics "G. Giordanello 1846"
Little is known about ...
Category
1840s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare neoclassical historical figurative painting Roman antiquity of the 19th century
By Luigi Ademollo
Located in Florence, IT
Oil painting on canvas ( 43 x 53.5 cm; with 59 x 70 cm with gilt wood frame),
Title: King Amulius, in the presence of Rea Silvia, orders to kill Romulus and Remus as children
Ancien...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Luís de Francia - Óleo sobre tela - Siglo XIX-XX
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior con iniciales (pero desconozco el artista)
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas obra: 139 cm. de altura x 104 cm. de ancho
Medidas obra: 154 cm. de a...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Life of Aegidius of St. Gilles.."
Located in Edinburgh, GB
18th-19th Century Oil Painting – "Life of Aegidius of St. Gilles"
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 18th
Category
18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de una dama
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
El estado de la obra es muy bueno
Se presenta bien enmarcada la pintura
Medidas obra: 80 cm de altura x 71 cm. altura
Medidas marco: 10...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,848 Sale Price
20% Off
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de caballero burgués
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
El estado de conservación es aceptable, pero en la zona de la cara, presenta algunos desgastes (ver fotografías adjuntas)
Se presenta sin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Escena de la Misericordia
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Esta obra es una de las escenas de la Misericordia, en concreto la de "Visitar a los presos"
La obra aparentemente no va firmada
Se presenta tal cual sin enmarcar
El estado de la ...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Interior Genre Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dimensions: 99 x 82 cm
Canvas Dimensions: 88 x 67 cm
Signature: Not identified
This evocative oil painting
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tranquil Riverside Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
cm
Signature: Signed in the lower right corner
This beautifully atmospheric oil painting by Thomas
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto figurativo italiano ritratto di nudo maschile del XIX secolo
By Michele Cammarano
Located in Florence, IT
Sebbene atteggiato in una delle pose convenzionali adottate in Accademia per l’esercitazione della copia dal nudo, il modello anziano qui ritratto è indagato con tale sensibilità ana...
Category
1860s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto mitologico nudo simbolista francese del XIX secolo con cornice
By Emile Meyer
Located in Florence, IT
il dipinto senza la cornice in legno finemente decorata a ornato vegetale in pastiglia e dorata misura 35 x 27 cm senza cornice, è firmato e datato: E. Meyer 1892.
La scena si svolg...
Category
1890s Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto accademico italiano figurativo ritratto maschile fine del XIX secolo
By Antonio Ciseri
Located in Florence, IT
In uno sfondo naturale, con una grotta, il tronco di un'albero e un ruscello, risalta la figura di un giovane, in posizione centrale, coperto solo da un bianco perizoma cinto da un l...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Óleo sobre tela - Fauno tocando la flauta y ninfas en un bosque
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1922
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de la obra es bueno
Medidas obra: 94 x 74 cm.
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Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto Figurativo toscano ritratto femminile nobile belle époque del XIX secolo
By Michele Gordigiani
Located in Florence, IT
Ritratto femminile (olio su tela, 154 x 91 cm; con cornice dorata e intagliata, 187 x 123 cm).
È firmato in basso a sinistra MGordigiani.
Il nostro dipinto, a figura di tre-quarti,...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ritratto figurativo storico neoclassico fiorentino del XIX secolo con cornice
Located in Florence, IT
Non si tratta di uno studio preliminare al dipinto ma di una ulteriore messa a fuoco della fisionomia stravolta del protagonista, un ‘primo piano’ che ben corrisponde a quanto annota...
Category
1830s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jorge Mateo Serrano (XIX-XX) - Óleo sobre tela - La jardinera andaluza
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior, dedicado y fechado del año 1940
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura (el marco presenta algunas faltas)
El estado de la pintura es aceptable
Medidas obra...
Category
1920s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela Francesa (XIX) - Les cascatelles de Tivoli (Tras Jean Honoré Fragonard)
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
El estado de la obra se puede ver, es aceptable, solo presenta alguna leve falta (apreciable en las fotogra...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,044 Sale Price
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Escuela hispano-colonial (siglo xix) - Óleo sobre tela - La sagrada familia
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco del siglo xviii (el marco presenta algunas leves faltas)
Medidas obra: 104 cm. de altura x 80 cm. de anch...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,139 Sale Price
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Portrait of Girl with Amazon Hat French School of the 19th Century Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
firmato in basso a destra "He le Roy d'Etiolles", fine del XIX secolo.
Grande ritrattista, la pittrice
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Il corteggiamento" Olio su tela Firmato e Datato 1872 Scuola Francese del XIX
By Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Located in Pistoia, IT
scultura dal XVII al XIX secolo.
Dimensioni:
Tela: 60 x 50 cm
Cornice: 80 x 70 cm
Category
1870s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl Oil on Canvas Signed in Frame 19th century
By Leon Herbo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Léon Herbo (1850-1907), "Portrait of a Girl," oil painting on canvas signed and dated 1884 lower left. In its original gilt frame.
With extreme elegance and refinement, Léon Herbo p...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,019 Sale Price
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Escuela española (Principios XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato del Papa Pio VII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
El estado de conservación de la pintura es aceptable, solo comentar que la tela está reentelada
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un antiguo marco en madera p...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,139 Sale Price
20% Off
Glimpse of Italian Countryside Landscape with Shepherds by Silvio Poma 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Silvio Poma Landscape With Shepherds oil on canvas painting depicts a dirt road in the middle of a tree-lined countryside with farmers grazing a flock of sheep. On the left side of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Susanna and the Old Men Biblical Scene Italian Oil Painting on Canvas 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Italian Antique Oil Painting On Canvas With Biblical Scene With Characters And Architecture From the 1800s from the horizontal format depicts the scene of Susanna and the Old Testame...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rustic Genre Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Antique Oil Painting – Rustic Genre Scene
Artist: Unidentified
Period: 19th Century (Attributed
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Fort Nago on Lake Garda"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
19th-Century Landscape Painting – "Fort Nago on Lake Garda" (1842)
Unidentified Artist
Medium: Oil
Category
19th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Winter Wonderland"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist (19th Century)
"Winter Wonderland" (1885)
This charming 19th-century oil
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de dama con joyas y monóculo
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Estado de conservación aceptable
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
Medidas de la obra: 75 x 64 cm.
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Self-Portraits by Peter P. Rubens and Anton van Dyck Gilded Frames XIX
Located in Pistoia, IT
dorato.
Ottimo stato di conservazione, piccola mancanza a una cornice.
Nella Firenze del XIX secolo
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
In the Garden of the Hummingbirds, No. XIX
By Michael Tracy
Located in Houston, TX
Michael Tracy
In the Garden of the Hummingbirds, No XIX, 1992
22 1/2 x 30 in (57.2 x 76.2 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
Escuela europea (Finales sig. xix) - Sinfonía de colores y frutas - 77 x 115 cm.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
El estado de conservación es bueno
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas de la obra: 77 cm. de altura x 115 cm. de ancho.
Medidas del m...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Saint with icons"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
grand-scale oil painting, executed in the manner of 17th-century French Baroque or early academic
Category
17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XIX" - Abstract Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
XIX,"
2013
Charcoal on Canvas
108 x 144 Inches
Category
2010s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil Pastel
Mary Magdalene - Oil on Canvas by Italian School 19th cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas. cm 60.5 x 2 x 50
Nice Oil painting (Italian School of XIX century) with a rapid
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Battista Filosa 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large oil on canvas by Giovanni Battista Filosa.
Romantic oil painting of the XIX century signed
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Spanish Colonial, Penitent Mary Magdalene, Original O/C Painting, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Original oil on canvas painting
XIX century
Details
Category
Antique 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Nile by Corrodi. Oriental Landscape at sunset, Oil Painting, second half XIX
By Hermann Corrodi
Located in Modena, IT
Oil on board
cm 27,5 x 20
This splenid painting represent an orieantal landscape during the sunset
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Figure XIX
By Sylvia McEwan
Located in Atlanta, GA
Oil on canvas painting, unframed, measuring 27.5 x 19.5". The background is white and gray, and the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Falling Body XIX
By David Solomon (1976, American)
Located in Houston, TX
Santa Fe based painter David Solomon (1976-2017) brings his “Falling Bodies” series of luminous oil
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Ancient oil painting on wood, glimpse of a lake landscape, F. Mancini, XIX
Located in Monza, IT
Ancient oil painting on wood, glimpse of a lake landscape, F. Mancini, 19th century
Fascinating
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Early Victorian Paintings
Materials
Wood
Giovanni Bonomi (Venice, active in the second half of the 19th century), View
Located in Milan, IT
Giovanni Bonomi (Venezia, attivo nella seconda metà del XIX secolo)
Veduta con il Ponte di Rialto
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
original oil on canvas XIX th fox hunting dogs and horses signed de marcillac
By De Marcillac
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
original painting signed de marcillac
XIX th century
representing a fox hunting
oil on canvas
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The bride. A lady in wedding dress with roses, Italian School, second half XIX
By Oreste Costa
Located in Modena, IT
Oil on canvas
cm 39 x 30,5 without frame
cm 59 x 49 with frame
Signed bottom left
Oreste Costa was
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Mirror in Wood and Pastel, Lacquered, Gold-Plated
Located in Arezzo, IT
painting at the top. Sec XIX (1820-1840). The mirror measures 123 x 175 cm. The mirror is original in all
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique Painting With Flowers, Still Life Oil Painting, XIX Century.
Located in Breganze, VI
exhibited in many museums. Landscape art work, XIX Century.
This antique oil painting has an original
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life Painting, Flowers of Pink Peony, Oil on Canvas Du XIX Century
Located in Breganze, VI
.
Antique oil painting, XIX Century, signed bottom left Debaene, french painter of flowers paintings and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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- What is abstract oil painting?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021An abstract oil painting and an artwork that is made with oil paint on a medium like canvas, wood board, or other panels like canvas board. And the 'abstract' term refers to the Movement Style of the piece. As abstraction indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art, the artist creates a painting where the subject, shape, form, color, and line, is created with no particular references of the world but as a composition that may exist with a degree of independence from its vision.
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- When was oil paint invented?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024Oil paint was invented during the 7th century A.D. The earliest examples of oil paintings have been traced to Afghanistan and depict scenes related to the Buddhist religion. Records dating back to the 12th century indicate that early Christian monks in Europe used oil paints to decorate furniture, and a century later, some artists began finishing tempera paintings with touches of oil paint. It wasn't until the 15th century that oil paints became a common medium for European painters, when Flemish artists like Jan van Eyck began favoring them over tempera. Explore a variety of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024Jan van Eyck is widely considered by art historians to be the father of oil painting. While the usage of oil paints dates back to 7th-century China, the Flemish painter popularized the material, using oils to produce highly detailed works such as The Arnolfini Portrait. The Northern Renaissance master also influenced many other artists, such as Hugo van der Goes and Gerard David. Shop an assortment of fine art on 1stDibs.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024Yes, oil paintings darken over time. As oil paint is made of pigment particles, the range of substances that are used as pigment in oil paint can render certain colors susceptible to aging. Slowing the aging process for an oil painting involves storing your painting properly and keeping the work out of exposed sunlight. Temperature control and humidity are also important in preserving the life of an oil painting and slowing the aging process.
To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).
You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
If you think that your oil painting is considerably dirty or believe that other issues may be at work, experts strongly suggest that you consult with a professional conservator.
Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To tell if your oil painting is authentic, first check the signature of the artist to start your research. Use a magnifying glass to check the texture of the painting, and finally check the back for the painting’s original stretchers. Shop a selection of expertly vetted artwork from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023Because the value of an oil painting can vary greatly based on the artist, the subject and the condition of the piece, it's generally best to work with a certified appraiser. A knowledgeable professional can evaluate the piece and estimate its value. Shop a variety of authentic oil paintings from some of the world’s top galleries on 1stDibs.
- La ChrysomeleFebruary 24, 2021Any artwork is worth and only worth the price someone is willing to pay for it (unfortunately, whether one can afford it or not is another story). Different people may have different reasons to attribute value to an artwork, from the purest (falling in love with it) to what is often considered as the most vile (speculation), going through remembrance, pride of ownership, or brag, among other reasons. For most living artists, the price of the artworks is usually set by the artist and/or the gallery which represent him or her, by type and size of artwork, and corresponds to an equilibrium price between the rate at which artworks are sold and the rate at which new artworks are produced by the artist. For artworks from dead artists sold by professional dealers, the price is often based on auctions results for similar pieces of the same artists. Oil paintings are usually pricier than other techniques because it is considered more difficult to master, but also because oil paintings are known for their ability to last centuries.
- How much do oil paintings cost?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
On 1stdibs, oil paintings cost between $60 and $6,200,000.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The best place to find oil paintings and discover new artists is at local art galleries. There are also many online art dealers who provide information about artists and sell their works. On 1stDibs, you’ll discover a variety of art styles from master oil painters.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To find the artist of an oil painting, look on the back of the canvas. Sometimes, you will find the artist’s name and the year of production on the back. If the canvas is in a frame, gently peel away the paper covering the back to access the canvas. In the event you cannot find any identifying information, seek the help of a licensed art appraiser. Shop a selection of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024Yes, sunlight affects oil paintings. Keep your oil paintings away from direct sunlight.
To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).
You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
If you think that your oil painting is considerably dirty or believe that other issues may be at work, experts strongly suggest that you consult with a professional conservator.
Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. - Did Dali use oil paint?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Dali did indeed use oil paint. Although he used oil paints in the traditional method, he would at times add natural resin or linseed oil to play with fluidity and texture. You can shop a selection of Salvador Dali’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- Can you use oil paint on wood?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021You can use oil paint on wood as long as you prep the wood first. The first thing you should do is seal the wood with a primer. Ideally, paint two coats of sealer onto the wood so that the paint doesn't cause the wood to rot over time.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2024To tell how old an oil painting is, research the artist who produced it. You can use the mobile app Smartify to snap a photo of the signature on your painting and identify the artist. Read biographical information about the artist online and look at images of their work to estimate the age of your piece. Alternatively, you can get the opinion of a knowledgeable art dealer or certified appraiser. Explore a wide variety of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The largest oil painting in the world is in the main hall of the Doge's Palace located in Venice, Italy. Its name is Il Paradiso. Tintoretto painted it around 1592, and it measures 22 meters by 7 meters. Shop a large collection of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Varnishing an oil is not necessary, but it is recommended because it protects the painting and corrects surface irregularities.
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