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Backlit dogwood
Jeffrey Vaughn
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.81 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch
$1,956
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Kuraszewo. Garden at Night
Andrzej Fogtt
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$7,287
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Atelier bleu rouge
Jean-Claude Libert
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$3,644
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Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
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Symphonie lumineuse
François Faucher
Painting - 51 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,186
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Petit port animé
Jan Van De Helder
Painting - 47 x 78.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.5 x 30.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,857
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Mégalodon - Interprétation abstraite du requin
Jocelyne Texier dite Joce
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$409
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Inner Joy
Kehinde Oyafajo
Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,300 $2,070
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Free Red Transformed
Nel ten Wolde
Painting - 102 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
$6,564
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Ugomma, The bride of the prince
Theophilus Chima
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,000
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Anya Rubin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$7,500
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Oh CHOON RAN
Painting - 129 x 129 x 0.3 cm Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,307 $1,654
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Pierre-Jean Llado
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
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Roberto Gai
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$617
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Composition abstraite
Ahmed Boubker
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$280
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Evasion Mordorée
Brigitte Rochas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,363
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Pandemic Play
Oladeinde Aralola Eniola
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,200 $2,880
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Still Life With Fruit And Vegetables
Luigi Spazzapan
Painting - 25 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 21.7 x 1 inch
$3,700
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In my pride 1
Uhule Nguemo Martha
Painting - 127 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 50 x 33 x 1 inch
$3,650 $3,285
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My Companion
Ibitoye Emmanuel
Painting - 121.9 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 66 x 1 inch
$4,850 $4,365
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Woman on Valor
Crixtover Edwin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,000 $4,500
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Promeneurs sur la plage
Gaston Sebire
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,045
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El Molino Barcelona
Ramón Navarra
Painting - 65 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
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Soul-processed landscape work N1
Elisabetta Pienti
Painting - 30 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,543
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Abstrait
Dorothy Napangardi Robinson
Painting - 137.5 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 54.1 x 37 x 1.2 inch
$10,650
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Punk Rock Pink
María José Concha
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,635
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A Field in Tiberias
Tina Periquet
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,794
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Clair de lune/ Totem
Marie Javouhey
Painting - 110 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,830
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Grey of the River
Carlo D'Aloisio da Vasto
Painting - 66 x 87 x 1 cm Painting - 26 x 34.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,812
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Antonio Vangelli
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,260
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Samuel Azuelos
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$9,529
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$841
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$14,014
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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…
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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.