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Since the 1960s, Xavier de Langlais’ book has remained the reference work on oil painting techniques for professionals, art students, and amateurs; and his study offers both very precise information on the traditional principles of oil painting and a set of clear explanations on more current, simplified and flexible techniques – starting with the origins of the oil painting, from Flemish paintings (Jan Van Eyck, Rubens) to Italian paintings (Titian), all the way to modern paintings. The author then provides a comprehensive study of canvases, glues, primers, oils, colors, varnishes, the restoration of paintings and the materials used to do so, before sharing techniques he personally tried and tested, providing a series of accurate observations and proven indications, which lay out the prerequisite fundamentals of oil painting.