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Clari Netzer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,915
Camouflage (red)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 64 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,915
Sleeping beauty (Shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,484
Trinity (shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,484
Autumn storm
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,600
In the rays of the sunset
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 69.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,400
Blue summer
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,450
Océan 23011
Laurence Hubswerlin Diradourian
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$873
Two Figures in Sunglasses
Noah Becker
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,950
Two People in Sunglasses
Noah Becker
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,950
Two Figures with Blue Background
Noah Becker
Painting - 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,892
La saison des plaisirs
Ksenia Milicevic
Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,054
Señoritas en el burdel
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,466
Santorini Magic (1)
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,166
Kohaku Love Sonata : Crimson Melodies
Hiro Ando
Painting - 150 x 87 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
$5,830
Abstract Expression
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$2,018
Abstract Expression
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 60.5 x 60.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.8 x 23.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,018
Abstract Expression
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 37 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$673
Abstract Post-Cubism
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 110 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$2,018
Infinity Stone (Hannah), New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Purple day in harbour
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,588
Birch Forest Study III
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,551
Urban composition
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 120 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,915
The Morning Flowers
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,606
Repetition, Series of Ballerinas
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Des songes qui brûlent 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$140
A Break in Reality
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Along the Back Roads
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
A Burst of Gold
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Dating in the rain
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Heart over head
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
Ascensionnel
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$740
Fond noir noeud rouge
Joël Kermarrec
Painting - 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Abstract Expression
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,682
Nada mejor que con el abuelo
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 252 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 99.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,325
Flowers by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Echoes of the Mountains
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$380
Flamingo pond
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,300
Autumn forest
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Vareadores de Flores
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 162 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,588
Vase fantôme
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,534
Norhern legends. Pursuit.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
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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.