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Chromatic contenance
Daniel Gyekyi Gyan
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.8 inch
$4,200
Vamosamorirtodos (7)
Óscar Seco
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$7,125
Paris Tokyo
Christophe Streichenberger
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,393
TIME TRAVEL RED
Ekatherina Savtchenko
Painting - 70 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,309
Ronds mécaniques
Bruno Rigolle
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.001 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,131
The Mysterious Appearance of the Georgia O'Keefe Mug
JJ Manford
Painting - 49.5 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 19.5 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$9,998
Following the light I
Kamalky Laureano
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,898
All Quiet on the Western Front
Gunner Dongieux
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,952
R33ZGB75
Razvan Paul Mihaescu
Painting - 200 x 280 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 110.2 x 1.6 inch
$23,749
Hommage à Jangarh ou Golden Birds
Bhajju Shyam
Painting - 120 x 163 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 64.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,089
That's a nice garden sculpture.
Raymond Legaspi
Painting - 81 x 101.2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.8 inch
$2,552
One more try (George Michael)
Mediya Al Matroshy
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,923
Meta Peinture Abstraite / Meta Abstract Painting
Jean-Claude Byandb
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,923
La tête en bas
Sylvain Bergonhe
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,036
Mina Mina Dreaming
Lily Kelly Napangardi
Painting - 46 x 118 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,619
Blanche neige gun
Stéphan Ouzilou (Fano)
Painting - 105 x 105 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch
$8,482
Paradis perdus n°9
Alain Fabreal
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,881
The Power of breaking fear
Suraj Kumar Kashi
Painting - 106.68 x 137.16 x 3 cm Painting - 42 x 54 x 1.2 inch
$4,919
The earth is our mother
Ihab Ahmad
Painting - 120 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$9,613
Ambiance chaude
Aquilas Wanmegni
Painting - 70 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$1,696
Through pink glasses
Nikolai Angelov-Gary
Painting - 31 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
$509
Portrait de Anya Taylor-Joy
Jean Marc Comby
Painting - 160 x 240 cm Painting - 63 x 94.5 inch
$6,220
Serge Gainsbourg
Gwendal Lemercier
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$317
Wheel within a wheel 119
Lorien Suárez-Kanerva
Painting - 101.5 x 101.5 x 5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 inch
$9,047
JP Malot X Hopnn
Yuri Romagnoli (Hopnn)
Painting - 142 x 218 x 5 cm Painting - 55.9 x 85.8 x 2 inch
$7,916
You can't always get what you want
Michael Viviani
Painting - 92 x 151 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 59.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,881
L'apparence trompeuse n°1
L'enfant Sauvage
Painting - 116 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,979
Three girls on the grass road
Arie Smit
Painting - 28 x 30.5 x 3 cm Painting - 11 x 12 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
The Man with the Red Ear
Alex Mitrecey
Painting - 195 x 130 x 7 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 2.8 inch
$17,416
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Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.