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L'homme au Banjo - série Jazz
Denise Kehl
Painting - 85 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Plongeon au Planey VI
Elise Barat
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Eight years later
Janusz Orzechowski
Painting - 90 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
Douce pluie - série portrait d'enfant
Aldina Mateus
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$950
Against the Light
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,393
Zapping Pictural in Blue
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$560
Zapping Blue Colors
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$447
Zapping Blue Colors
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$430
Blue and Gold - Hommage to Gustav Klimt
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$475
Azure Blue and Marine Blue - Tribute to Gustav Klimt
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$334
6 novembre 2018
Raymond Attanasio
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
The Sounds of Trees
Lusine Abrahamyan
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,018
Confused people series 08
Renjie Gao
Painting - 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,000
Confused people series 07
Renjie Gao
Painting - 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,000
Confused people series 05
Renjie Gao
Painting - 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,000
Confused people series 03
Renjie Gao
Painting - 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,000
Confused people series 02
Renjie Gao
Painting - 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,000
9 novembre 2010
Raymond Attanasio
Painting - 160 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,297
Pluie de roses
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,414
Printemps précoce
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,414
Le sentier du rêve
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$594
La plaine de Versailles
Agnès Cellérier
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,140
Rond d’horstensias
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$622
L'éléphant rose série animal
Jez Baille Bosio
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,018
Brouillard à St Guénolé
Claude Schürr
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$8,142
Les palmiers du Suquet, Cannes
Claude Schürr
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$8,142
L'arc-en-ciel à marée basse, St Guénolé
Claude Schürr
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$8,142
Embrasement
Gabriella Moussette
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,718
Aube nouvelle IV
Gabriella Moussette
Painting - 163 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 64.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$9,499
Nature morte aux fleurs et pot noir Série La Ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,187
Lampe à Pétrole Bleue à Paris Série La Ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Le Poivrier sur Table à Paris Série La Ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$565
Musique à Paris Série La Ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$565
Automne à Paris Série La Ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$814
Les chevaux et la tour
Michèle Vincent
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$570
Could this be the end ?
Jean-Roch Klethi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$588
Prêt à célébrer (n°3)
Harald Wolff
Painting - 100 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Under Eros, Piccadilly
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 120 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,912
London Bustle by Night
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 98 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,706
Rostros sin rostro 11-5
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Painting - 73 x 60 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,103
Mais où se cache le soleil?
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 131 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 51.6 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$5,881
Chapelle Sixtine
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,351
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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.