Faux painting
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- A painting done with oil paints.
- The art of painting with oil paints.
History
Most Renaissance sources, in particular Vasari, credited northern European painters of the 15th century, and Jan van Eyck in particular, with the "invention" of painting with oil media on wood panel, however Theophilus (Roger of Helmarshausen?) clearly gives instructions for oil-based painting in his treatise, On Divers Arts, written in 1125. Early Netherlandish painting in the 15th century was however the first to make oil the usual painting medium, followed by the rest of Northern Europe, and only then Italy. The popularity of oil spread through Italy from the North, starting in Venice in the late 15th century. By 1540 the previous method for painting on panel, tempera had become all but extinct, although Italians continued to use fresco for wall paintings, which was more difficult in Northern climates.
See also
- The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, comprehensive reference book by Ralph Mayer (1940)
- Faux painting
- History of painting
- Lists of painters
- Oil sketch
- Old Master
- Paper marbling
