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Small dream
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$300
Circling thoughts
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,842
Bow River Headwaters
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,250
Takakkaw Falls
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 30 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
$966
Snoopy drank to much Dom Pérignon champagne
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,638
Homer et Marge Simpson, icône pop de la mode
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,433
Eclipse (1) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (13)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$3,820
Metaphysical weight (3) (After pina bausch) Forbidden collage (14)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$3,274
Minnie Mouse, hotel, pool, champagne and sunbathing
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,433
Équilibre illusoire 61-2020
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,728
Équilibre illusoire 06-2018
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,728
Empilement 02-2016
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$3,410
Collection été Le Grand bleu - "Blue II"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 38 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
$955
Memories of Sofia
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,194
A la recherche des valeurs perdues
Ahmed Zelfani
Painting - 205 x 69 x 2.5 cm Painting - 80.7 x 27.2 x 1 inch
$6,139
Enigmas of the Soul
Greatjoy Ndlovu
Painting - 160 x 220 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 86.6 x 1.6 inch
$9,094
Preparation for the New Day
Falope Ibrahim
Painting - 105.9 x 75.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 29.9 x 1 inch
$2,250
West Bottoms Kansas City #1
John Ferry
Painting - 25.4 x 40.64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 16 x 0 inch
$2,251
Love and tenderness. Lions
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$682
Nightfall Romance
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,200
Cycling Coastalward
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
La presqu'île de cassis
Chantal Buissart
Painting - 80 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting & frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$551
Flowering and blue sea - Positano painting Italy
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$483
Pop Goes the World
Jacinthe Rivard
Painting - 77 x 77 x 4 cm Painting - 30.3 x 30.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,688
Terrace on the cliff - Positano painting Italy
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$369
Lemons & flowers - Positano painting Italy
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$369
9. Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,366
La Strangolatrice
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,933
Rhytm and construction
Clari Netzer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,046
Perception and abstraction
Clari Netzer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,046
The city waking up
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,139
Ocean, cloud and Champagne
Selma Tunca
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$909
Feline and feathered friends
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$600
Un horizon ou le secret de W.Turner
Céline Suzane Pinon
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,080
Muse. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 140 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
$12,000
Memories of relaxation. Villa Sunny
Andrei Shchurok
Painting - 130 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
$8,526
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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.