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The effect of propaganda
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,923
Niña entretenida
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 65 x 45 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,696
Compra en el mercadillo
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 54 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,357
Golden Winter Forest
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$700
Reality Isn't What It Used To Be
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,499
A Modern Architectural Marvel
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$380
Tableau d'une trahison
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$973
Animal Painting #018-1632
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,538
In the eye of the beholder
Marco Riha
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,184
The Still Life Of The Sun
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 100 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,923
Forme abstraite
Gaston Orellana
Painting - 50 x 35.8 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 14.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,139
Dreaming of the Future
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez
Painting - 86.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 48 x 1 inch
$1,550
The Rebirth of Wilhelm
Andrei Shchurok
Painting - 130 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
$8,482
Trois barques au coucher du soleil
Josep Teixido
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,110
Les deux amies II
Thérèse Boucraut
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,654
Poussières d'étoiles 05
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Still life with Armenian instrument
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 42 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$350
Taylor Swift's Red Lipsticks (Les Rouges à Lèvres de Taylor Swift)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$170
Cup of coffee and tangerine
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 25 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Be Careful What You Wish For
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,456
Composition abstraite
Marcel Mouly
Painting - 35 x 33.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.1 x 0 inch
$13,571
The grace of the interweaving of natural forms.diptych
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 60 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$950
Le Passeur de Lumière
André Bielen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,619
In Her Prime
Ogunleke Festus Abiodun
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,550
III (Three) Imperfect Imperfections
Makama John
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,299
30 janvier 2024
Raymond Attanasio
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
A la table (1)
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,803
In the time of dreaming
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Empêcher que le monde ne se défasse
Jean-Roch Klethi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$973
Feel my body touch my soul
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 70.1 x 119.9 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$900
Pacific Sanicle (Full Bloom)
Andrea Simmonds
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,149
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius II
Reinar Foreman
Painting - 150 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,916
From the Streets of South East London
Ray Richardson
Painting - 112 x 112 x 2 cm Painting - 44.1 x 44.1 x 0.8 inch
$11,874
Still Life with Ribbons
Gianni Cacciarini
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,696 $1,527
Hôtel Majestic 24
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 115.5 x 80.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.5 x 31.7 x 1 inch
$2,137
Bastide en Provence
Bernard Buffet
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$110,827
De guerre lasse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
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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.