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Au pays de Candy
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,965
Envolée de mots
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$848
Two Figures in Sunglasses
Noah Becker
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,928 $3,943
Two People in Sunglasses
Noah Becker
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,928 $3,943
Two Persons in Sunglasses
Noah Becker
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,928 $3,943
Two Figures with Blue Background
Noah Becker
Painting - 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,880
Two People with Yellow Background
Noah Becker
Painting - 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,880
Repetition, Series of Ballerinas
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,023
La Villa - Bénodet - série Paysage de Bretagne
Laurent Lamare
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,907
Tree of life and Fertility (1)
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 30 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$625
Street in Santorini
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Coast of the sea - 3D, ocean, brown, beach, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Blue seascape - 3D, ocean, water wave, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Night Sea - dark minimalism landscape, water, seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,791
Spring on Côte d'Azur , Marine, seascape. Sunset, skyline, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,907
Infinite Flight
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 139 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 54.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,465
Infinite Flight
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,754
From the series "Infinite Flight" yellow, blue, red, navy, white, colourful large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,896
From the series "Infinite Flight" blue, navy, white, black large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping inspired by Jackson Pollock
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,349
Rendezvous - violet blue red geometric abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - pastel, calm
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,907
Blue mountains
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
$5,023
Les ceuilleurs de fruits
José Saboia
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Yerevan's Heartbeat: The Republic Square
Vahe Bagumyan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$380
Cerulean Dreams of Poppies
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$500
Symphonie
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$246
Finale
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$307
Allegro
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$212
Vers l'inconnu
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$246
Rêve
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$307
Embrasement
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$212
Des espoirs
Geneviève Chevalier-Thuillier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$246
Vendedor marroqui
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 116 x 81 x 3.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.4 inch
$5,023
Paradise's Guardian: A Journey of Protection and Maternal Strength
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
A place called Amour
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$1,407
Golden symphony of autumn
Vahe Bagumyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
El pueblo que no tengo II
Eulogia Merle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,456
Flamingo pond
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,300
Tulips in Holland
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Autumn forest
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Lake in the evening
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$4,912
The Green Lake (Grüner See), Austria,
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Night lake in Ukraine
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.8 inch
$2,791
Green dark lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,246
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$11,163
Delicate and Juicy
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 91 x 91 x 10 cm Painting - 35.8 x 35.8 x 3.9 inch
$2,093
Evening Fragrances
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 60 x 60 x 10 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
$1,047
Horse Chestnut Leaves
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 60 x 80 x 10 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,178
Christmas Morning
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 80 x 60 x 10 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
$1,178
Serenade in Pink
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$999
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Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Walk in the sky - blue pink geometry abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
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.
What is special about oil painting?
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.
What's the difference between oil painting and acrylic?
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.
Is oil painting easier than watercolor?
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.