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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 100567, member: 37&quot;]Oil paints, if completely dry, are pretty inert.&nbsp; They wouldn&#039;t necessarily catch fire or bubble and discolor due to moderate heat alone.&nbsp; Like most anything, they will burn upon exposure to enough heat.&nbsp; If the face of the painting were facing away or somehow protected from the direct heat, I wouldn&#039;t expect it to combust right away. I would expect to see more scorching on the backside of the canvas if exposed directly to high heat and flames.&nbsp; The localized burning on the stretcher is why I conjectured about exposure to a burning timber or such.&nbsp; It seems that the high heat source would need to be pretty localized and direct to see the type of burning we are seeing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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