History of oil painting technique

It is considered that the oil paint is created by van Eyck brothers. Tempera-oil technique of the Fleming towards the middle of the 16 century began to be replaced by oil painting. Probably it is an invention of Venetian school. Titian was the innovator who passed on to oil resin paint. Before him Leonardo studied the oils and thanks to that he could achieve his famous “sfumato”. The masterpieces of Velazquez, Correggio, Veronese, Rubens, Rembrandt are the evidence for the ensued flourishing of the oil technique..