Oil painting

Oil painting

The art or practice of painting using oil-based paint.

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A Pair of Shoes

Arts & crafts; Oil painting

Van Gogh made Pair of Shoes from a pair of boots he purchased at a flea market. He wore the boots on an extended rainy walk to create the effect he wished for this painting, which may have been a ...

Wheat Fields after the Rain

Arts & crafts; Oil painting

Van Gogh painted thirteen large canvases of horizontal landscapes of the wheat harvest that occurs in the region from the middle to late July.

Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles

Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles was one of several still life paintings that Van Gogh made while exploring the still life genre. Van Gogh experimented with the use of contrasting colors to ...

Portrait of Theo van Gogh

Arts & crafts; Oil painting

Portrait of Theo van Gogh is painting by Vincent van Gogh. Theodorus van Gogh was a Dutch art dealer. He was the younger brother of Vincent van Gogh.

Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Cafe du Tambourin

Arts & crafts; Oil painting

Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Cafe du Tambourin was painted by Vincent van Gogh. Agostina Segatori owned the Cafe du Tambourin that Van Gogh knew intimately. It was a gathering spot for Parisian ...

Cafe Terrace at Night

Arts & crafts; Oil painting

Cafe Terrace at Night is a coloured oil painting by Vincent van Gogh in Arles, France. The painting is not signed, but described and mentioned by the artist in three letters. There is also a large ...

Olive Trees

Arts & crafts; Oil painting

Vincent van Gogh painted at least 18 paintings of olive trees, mostly in Saint-Remy. At his own request, he lived at an asylum there from May 1889 through May 1890 painting the gardens of the asylum ...