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Demain le soleil brillera toujours
Sange
Painting - 73 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,886
Chronos et la lame du destin
Timothy Archer
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,549
La dernière colonne
Timothy Archer
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,549
Jeune Poséidon à la murène amoureuse
Timothy Archer
Painting - 125 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,549
Ambulatum Dynamics
Jérôme Guillet
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,720
Take me into another dimension I II
Maria Esmar
Painting - 220 x 280 x 0.2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 110.2 x 0.1 inch
$13,875
Take me into another dimension II
Maria Esmar
Painting - 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
$7,548
Take me into another dimension I
Maria Esmar
Painting - 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
$7,548
Living in the Moment of Peace 2
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,000
Pink sunset by the river
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,163
Spring in the garden
Elena Lukina
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,150
Living in the Moment of Peace
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,000
Stay Bold, Stay Gold
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
The Path To Sunset
Lisa H Ridabock
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 1.3 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0.5 inch
$600
Detrás de máscaras
Patricia Restrepo
Painting - 60.96 x 50.8 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.2 inch
$5,938
Resilient Spirit
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,800
The positive Power wins
Marko Fenske
Painting - 70.1 x 120.1 x 2.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.3 x 0.9 inch
$2,604
Meeting across the river
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$700
Walking in Memphis
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 100.1 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$700
You Said Something
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$700
Forest of Wonders
Slava Ilyayev
Painting - 76 x 101 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 39.8 x 1.2 inch
$11,600
Peinture 04-2022-36
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
Natural Recycling
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 75 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
Désert sign Bleu X1
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,332
Formentera, Parasol Rouge
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,498
Pieta (After William Bougeureau)
Robert Walker
Painting - 41 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$888
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,664
In fantasies
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
$3,552
Je ne me sens plus de joie #5
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$6,438
Je ne me sens plus de joie #6
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$6,438
Sun splashes. Golden sand series.
Andrei Sitsko
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,331
No Windowsill
Maxime Cousineau Perusse
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 3.6 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 1.4 inch
$740
Au pays du soleil levant
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,442
Et que chacun se laisse emporter
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,552
Gourmandise
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,219
Jeteuse de sort
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
L'échapée sauvage
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,440
Pink Lady
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,552
Pause café
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,996
Voyage of Hope
Gultakin Nasibova
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,776
Where the dreamers hide
Etienne Quesnay
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$1,776
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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
$1,332
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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
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
$1,443
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,775
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.