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Plate with fresh fruits - Italian old painting
Guido Guidi
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€250
Soccer Players in Central Park
Hilo Chen
Painting - 92.1 x 106.7 cm Painting - 36.25 x 42 inch
€72,589
Course a Monaco
Christian Jaureguy
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
LOVE’S DOSE : PILLARS OF PASSION IN COUTURE CAPSULES
Tomomi Mishima
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€6,700
Gondolier in Venice
Amy Benedict
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
€3,800
Colorful woman
Shanna Kuratli-Fröhlich
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Still life with fruits and flowers - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€250
Juan de Pareja, copy of a Velasquez painting
Virginie Vandeputte
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Swell at sunset - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€250
Femme au balcon - ref BDNW11479
Janie Michels
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€3,950
Buoi Som Dung Street
Pham Binh Chuong
Painting - 99.1 x 149.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 59 x 2 inch
€7,453
Good Times Jungle Club, The Savoy
Billy Dee Williams
Painting - 142.2 x 142.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 56 x 56 x 2 inch
€21,293
Bon chic, bon genre
Anthony LAMBERT
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
KAWAII KANJI WHISPERS PURPLE
Ioam Yumako
Painting - 138 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 54.3 x 51.2 x 2 inch
€5,400
To embrace the presence I am
Juan Carlos Navarro
Painting - 100 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
€9,146
Light fruit and blue carpet, still life
Efrain Vidal
Painting - 121.9 x 104.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 41 x 2 inch
€6,194
The Meeting -15-02-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€6,505
The london hotel. Los Angeles
Andrés Agustín Comastri
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,950
Caught in summer’s laugh
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€500
Farmers in Maremma - Tuscany painting
Giacomo Vaccaro
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€275
Plastic river
Frédéric Vangeebergen
Painting - 127 x 100 x 4.6 cm Painting - 50 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€4,000
Belvedere on the sea - Ravello Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€365
Nocturnal seaside Marina - Italian old painting
Alfredo Stengher
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€215
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€275
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
€4,350
Flowering panorama - Amalfitan coast painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€450
Old Venice cityscape n°1 - Italian painting
Michele Martini
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€375
Basket with roses - Italian old painting + frame
Aldo Luxardo
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€350
Icescape with figures on the ice...
Rob van Assen
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€2,450
Blue hair and my lady
Attasit Pokpong
Painting - 132 x 132 x 3.5 cm Painting - 52 x 52 x 1.4 inch
€21,000
Run for your Life
Ida Bagus Putu Purwa
Painting - 140 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch
€6,000
Sand barge at Noordwijkerhout
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€3,000
Die Fangschrecke
Wolfgang Häberle
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,700
Blue Plate Obsession
Margaret Horvat
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
€4,839
Jerusalem landscape
Adriana Naveh
Painting - 80 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€7,743
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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.