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  2. French standard sizes for oil paintings - Wikipedia

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    Harvest near Auvers (1890), a size 30 canvas, by Vincent van Gogh. French standard sizes for oil paintings refers to a series of different sized canvases for use by artists. The sizes were fixed in the 19th century. Most artists [weasel words] —not only French—used this standard, as it was supported by the main suppliers of artist materials ...

  3. Oil painting - Wikipedia

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    The gesso layer, depending on its thickness, will tend to draw the oil paint into the porous surface. Excessive or uneven gesso layers are sometimes visible on the surface of finished paintings as a change that's not from the paint. Standard sizes for oil paintings were set in France in the 19th century.

  4. List of paintings by Rembrandt - Wikipedia

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    Girl in Fanciful Costume in a Picture Frame: 1641: Oil on panel: 104 x 76: Royal Castle, Warsaw: 186: Portrait of Nicolas van Bambeeck in a Picture Frame: 1641: Oil on canvas: 108.8 x 83.3: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels: 187a: Companion piece to 187b Portrait of Agatha Bas in a Picture Frame: 1641: Oil on canvas: 104 x 82 ...

  5. Picture frame - Wikipedia

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    View of a frame-maker's workshop, oil on canvas, circa 1900 The elaborate decoration on this frame may be made by adhering molded plaster pieces to the wood base.. A picture frame is a container that borders the perimeter of a picture, and is used for the protection, display, and visual appreciation of objects and imagery such as photographs, canvas paintings, drawings and prints, posters ...

  6. Support (art) - Wikipedia

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    The support for an oil painting can be either rigid or flexible, both providing certain opportunities and challenges for the artist. In order to get both the stability and the desired texture, painters for finished paintings usually use canvas that are pre-stretched on a solid frame or panel [3] (so-called stretchers usually made of stretcher ...

  7. Gallery wrap - Wikipedia

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    Gallery wrap is a method of displaying art wrapped over thick wooden bars so that there are no visible fasteners (such as staples or tacks). This method of stretching and preparing a canvas allows for a frame-less presentation of the finished painting. In contrast, a non-gallery wrap canvas is usually intended to be framed before presentation.