The recent research activity supports the idea that originally, the oil painting was spread from Afghanistan to the west. If we follow what the researchers say we discover that the oil paint was basically used in Afghanistan between the fifth and ninth centuries.
Some surfaces like shields were used in that period and were more durable when painted in oil based colors than the traditional tempera colors.
In his treatise, On Various Arts, Theophilus is the one who in 1125 gived instructions for paints concieved in oil based collors.
In the 15th century the Netherlandish painting was the first to make usual the oil based collors. After, the popularity of oil spread to the Northern Europe. The popularity of oil spread from the North through Italy in the late 15th century.
