Who painted the first oil painting ?

Answer 1

You are probably thinking of Jan van Eyck a flemish man who painted the 'Arnolfini marriage ' . The picture of the couple getting married . She in a green dress and a mirror behind and a little dog in the forground all symbals and well worth looking up on google for all the whole story.
van Eyck probably didn't invent oil painting like so many things the invention happens slowly with loads of setbacks etc . But van Eyck was the first artist to use it to such perfection and his paintings became so reknowned that lots of Italians (who had been using frescos and tempora and mediums that cover a large area) came piling up the the north to see how these small detailed paintings were done and to take the tecnique back to Italy. A book which is absolutely fascinating is Secret Knowledge by David Hockney . In it he explains how as he puts it 'people could suddenly paint better' and this was done by using the lens like a reflecting glass called a camera obscura.Also some extraordinary explanations when this tecnique went too far.
Oil painting was perfect too as when using the camera obscura one needs a very detailed medium and something suitable for painting on a smalll scale.

Answer 2

Any art history book'll tell ya. Used to believe it was some Flemish dude: Van Der Something... but exploration into chemistry was happening all over the western part of the world. Oil paint was a gradual change from egg tempera.

Answer 3

The Cavemen - after a good old meal of dinosaur - I'm sure their hand paintings on the walls of caves must have contained traces of grease.

Answer 4

That's question that can't be answered ..like who saw the first raindrop or who listed to the first sound? there is no source for information like that...literature or documentation of such a fact is not revel-ant to reality. Try to be more specific ...good luck!