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Somewhere North
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
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The spring has come - Tuscany landscape painting
Raimondo Pacini
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$368
Hommage à Françoise F
Françoise Danel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,979 $4,232
The beauty of three roses in bloom
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$475
Hill wih wildflowers - Tuscany landscape painting
Raimondo Pacini
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$339
The vineyard road - Tuscany landscape painting
Raimondo Pacini
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$368
Walking paint VIII
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,356
Floresta en Contreras
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,356
The Call of the Mountains
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,603
Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,603
Te esperaré a la orilla del mar
Corral y Líbano
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,716
Live by Love
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,169
Sous un parapluie blanc
Christian Raffin
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,132
Une histoire simple
Christian Raffin
Painting - 30 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$679
Oh my Love is like a Melody
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$4,413
Last dance
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,149 $2,043
Evening with Mia
Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,829
The last supper, after van Meggeren
Edgar Arandia
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$4,051
Untitled
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,471 $1,295
Untitled
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 210 x 165 x 2 cm Painting - 82.7 x 65 x 0.8 inch
$3,395 $3,055
Arbre de vie et papillons
Jean-francois Larrieu
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$27,159
Feu d'artifice
Jean-francois Larrieu
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$22,633
Matière à rêver
Françoise Danel
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,413
Liquid Metal and Crushed Roses
Mary Brown
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$10,000
Along the Path into the Fields
Jozef Svikruha
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$634
Picturesque Region
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 76 x 86 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,000
Everything Blossomed
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,600
Flowering Mountains
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,000
The Great and Eternal Carpathians
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 100 x 131 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
Breath of Spring
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,400
Spring is on the Pass
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$4,400
Eastern still-life
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,400
Looking for the Spring
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,500
City in Cherry Blossoms
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,000
Snow-covered village
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 55 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,000
Snow covered haystacks
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,600
The Winter Palette
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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Winter day in the Carpathians
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,400
The Road To The Native Village
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 85 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
A Blue Winter's Tale
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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Home Sweet Home
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,000
Run to the house!
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
Happy Colors of Winter
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 76 x 86 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
The Old Village of Kolochava
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 55 x 105 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,800
In the village of Studeny
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 45.5 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch
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Preparation for winter
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 55 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,400
Summer Has Passed
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,000
The enchanted trees
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 100 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
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The turn of the river
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,400
The evening is burning away
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,000
Autumn on the Tisza River
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 75 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,000
Autumn Volovets
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 85 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,400
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Oil Painting for Sale
Oil painting is a type of paint which involves mixing crushed color pigments usually with linseed oil, although poppy seed oil can also be used. The support on which it is painted must be covered with a primer beforehand so that the layer of paint can adhere to the support; an additional step which is crucial to the creative process and also means that it can be adapted to many types of surfaces.
It was during the Middle Ages that oil painting first appeared and began to be developed in the Western world. The discovery of oil painting is often attributed to the Flemish painter, Jan Van Eyck who had been experimenting with various mixtures. With this new painting technique, his works benefited from new transparency effects and a new type of aesthetic was born. His approach was copied and later shared more widely by other primitive Flemish painters. Oil painting replaced the tempera technique, which uses egg as a binder.
Similarly, the wood on which artists painted was replaced by linen canvas, installed on a frame from the 15th century onwards and later placed on an easel. Although it was well-liked by painters, this medium had its drawbacks; its components were toxic and its preparation required a great amount of artisan savoir-faire in the studio. Despite this, it became closely linked to the visual arts and and was hugely popularised during the Renaissance thanks to the Venetian painters such as Titian, followed closely by the Flemish, including Rubens, before it reached the Netherlands who made it their own, with Rembrandt leading the way.
The 19th and 20th centuries saw oil painting became the number one choice and the preferred medium for for modern times. The mixture no longer had to be prepared by artists in the studio; industrialization had made things easier and the paint came pre-prepared, packaged in tubes. The tin tube was commercialized in France in 1840 and revolutionised the history of art by encouraging the Impressionists to take their brushes and paints outside and paint en plein air. It would slowly be overtaken by acrylic paint a century later which simplified things even further as it was dried faster.
An oil painting canvas also implies that the painter must respect the fat-over-lean principle, meaning that a colors with high oil content (fat) should be applied over layers of paint with lower oil content (lean) to ensure that the painting will last longer and to prevent cracking. Oil painting remains a widely used method and numerous artworks are still made using this technique.
Contemporary artists still master oil painting but sometimes avoid working with it in the same traditional ways of the 20th century. The canvas is often not prepared so that its texture can be seen under the layer of paint, as certain abstract painters have done. Jackson Pollock for example used oil painting but did not glaze his works. He didn't even truly paint his canvases as he used a dripping technique; by shaking his brush he created splashes of paint over the canvas…
On Artsper, explore contemporary paintings by well-known artists including Arman, Salvador Dali and Robert Combas.
Oil painting allows for very efficient mixing of colors and tones. Due to its long drying time, it is possible to alter an oil painting days after the paint has been applied. Oil painting also allows for precision and a range of visual effects.
Oil paint and acrylic paint are produced using different materials. While oil painting consists of pigments suspended in drying oils, acrylic paint is water-based. The main difference between the two is that acrylic paints can be thinned down with water, and dry faster than oil paints.
It is easier to correct mistakes when working in oil paint as they are more opaque than watercolors and can be easily scraped off a surface.