2007-10-26 09:39:11 · 4 answers · asked by jacqueline j 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Tough one. It was one of those obscure developments in the middleages going into renaisance. Painters went from wood to cloth.
Wiki:
One of the earliest surviving oils on canvas is a French Madonna with angels of about 1410 in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, which is very early indeed for oil painting also.
2007-10-26 09:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Enzo Ferrari first changed his oil and used a piece of canvas as a drop cloth.
2007-10-26 17:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by Dirty Dave 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jan van Eyck and his brother (sorry, I've forgotten his first name) experimented with different mediums, and they were among the first successful users of oil as a medium.
2007-10-27 12:10:55 · answer #3 · answered by derfini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in 15th century holland
2007-10-26 23:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by Zetsu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋