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Childhood memories
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,263 $2,037
The Race Against Wind and Time No. 2
Katherine Filice
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$3,055
Lost In The Woods No 2
Katherine Filice
Painting - 76.2 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 38 x 1 inch
$3,621
Listen I Have a Story To Tell You
Katherine Filice
Painting - 63.5 x 114.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 25 x 45 x 1.5 inch
$3,395
In A Blue Moon
Katherine Filice
Painting - 101.6 x 73.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 29 x 1.5 inch
$4,866
Dancing Under The Blue Moon
Katherine Filice
Painting - 68.6 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 27 x 28 x 1.5 inch
$2,376
The Dawn of Perception
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,829
Peinture aout 2019-07
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$339
Le Conciliabule de Mai
Hugo Pondz
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$9,619
El Cachorro
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 65 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch
$1,358
Sweet Shades of Memory XXII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,800
The Fountain of Youth
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,829
Composition no.56 /with heads
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$815
Calebasse striée
Françoise Danel
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,413
Champ de lumières
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$668
Joie et lumière à Pleumeur
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$622
La danse du matin
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.5 inch
$1,109
Mystic Forest
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,109
Seuls au monde !
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$1,426
Night in New York
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,000
Sunset by the river
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,300
Autumn Symphony
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,900
The baby Panda loves Pop Art
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,150
Animal Painting #012-0683
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,539
Last rays of the sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,000
Among the mountains
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,900
Before the rain
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 55 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$1,400
Golden shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,600
Tree of Life
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,180
Red moon time
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,500
Evening Garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,400 $1,120
Smell of spring
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1 inch
$900
In the shade of trees
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,600
Spring garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 1 inch
$1,600
Evening regatta
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,450
Shine of space
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Night in the bay
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
In Sunshine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 65 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Streets of Los Angeles
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Bay of Balos
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,958
Sea coast of Australia
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,014
Rocky coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Night shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
Twelve Apostles
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Coast Monterey
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Twelve Apostles, Australia
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,132
Navagio Beach Greece
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Vernazza Cinque Terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$905
Chefchaouen streets
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,924 $1,539
St. Angelo Bridge in Rome
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$905
Lofoten Islands
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,127
Lago di Como
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
Riomaggiore Cinque terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,924
Lofoten Islands
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Santa Maria della Salute
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,150
Vernazza Cinque Terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,150 $1,720
Amalfi Coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
Yachts in harbor
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,811 $1,448
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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.