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La jeune amante
Paul Charlemagne
Painting - 113 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44.5 x 57.5 x 1 inch
$3,484
La descente de l'esprit ou essai clinique d'un transhumanisme à visage humain
Bernard Fièvre
Painting - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,803
ABC of Sins / El Ebecedario de los Pecados
Williams Carmona
Painting - 63.5 x 86.4 cm Painting - 25 x 34 inch
$9,200
Dame à sa toilette
Henri Duvoisin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,252
Les guerrières - Numéro 1
Philippe Aïni
Painting - 103 x 148 x 3 cm Painting - 40.6 x 58.3 x 1.2 inch
$10,650
The elegant life of Mr H Paris 1967
Key Hiraga
Painting - 65 x 54 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$39,239
Au coeur du Minotaure
Rachel Daireaux
Painting - 30 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$3,363
What’s Kept Inside
Maisha De la Cruz
Painting - 123 x 214 x 1 cm Painting - 48.4 x 84.3 x 0.4 inch
$9,860
Stick-around-ers
Ekene Stanley Emecheta
Painting - 149.9 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Bianca
Sophie Westerlind
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Le cœur de ma sœur
Camille Brès
Painting - 40 x 32 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Studio 7 (Alexandre)
Marius Pons de Vincent
Painting - 110 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Incendies
Erwann Tirilly
Painting - 100 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Still Life
Arturo Tosi
Painting - 42 x 54 x 1.4 cm Painting - 16.5 x 21.3 x 0.6 inch
Price upon request
You touch my Heart
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 105 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Growing beside You
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Tender Floral Kisses
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 85 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Enchanted Blooms
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 105 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,588
Off to the Mountains
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
Oh my Love is like a Melody
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$4,372
Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,579
Welcome To The Jungle!
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 95 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,289
The Call of the Mountains
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,579
Horaires de Nuit III
Michaël Brack
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
Le petit chef d'orchestre
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$953
Le petit chef d'orchestre II
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$953
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Evening time
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
River light - Golden River at Sunset Textured Oil Painting Warm Oranges and Reflective Waters
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,300
"Evening" oil painting - Sunset Over the River Captivating Oil Painting Warm Hues and Tranquil Waters
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,620
"Evening moment" - Misty Evening Mountain Stream riginal Oil Painting with Soft Twilight Hues and Gentle Flowing Water
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Rialto Bridge. Venice Italy - Venetian Nightscape Captivating Oil Painting with Rich Evening Hues
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,700
Favellas - Paysage abstrait et architecture
Didier Caudron
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$880
Le dernier hameau - Paysage fragmenté et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$880
Northern legends.River
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Matisse’s Daytime Flower Parade
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,773
The Storm Participant
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 90 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,242
Red point
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
La Vacuité Salutaire
Hugo Pondz
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$12,332
Le Lac des Cygnes
Cléa-Chantal Léandri
Painting - 80 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,794
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
$1,457
Masked Elegance in Contemporary Threads 2
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,850
Campagne clair - Paysage rural
Didier Caudron
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Confluence - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Landscape patchwork - Paysage semi-abstrait
Didier Caudron
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,102
A portrait with wild flowers
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,570 $1,413
Power of colors - yellow, green, white, colourful abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,121
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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.