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Red field of innocence
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$549
Yerevan's Architectural Tapestry
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$350
My Name Is Audrey
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,045
My Name Is Beyonce
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,045
My Name Is Lady Gaga
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,045
Pomegranate and Melodies
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$150
Midnight poppies
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$250
Passage piétons - Evening
Daniel Castan
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,074
Portrait of Basquiat
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,000 $2,700
Cadmium Orange Hue
Julia Swaby
Painting - 81 x 113 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 44.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,663
The Creative Spirit
Julia Swaby
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,938
Pink blooming. Rhododendron.
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$392
Equestrian Style and Decor II
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 87 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 34.3 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,848
Embossed textured orange flowers on a blue backgraund. Still life abstraction
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$504
Jazz in the rhythm of red flowers
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$448
Flowery terrace horizontal version - Amalfi painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$409
Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$409
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$258
Aiguille de Scolette - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$185
Dôme des Glaciers - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$185
Au dessus d'Aussois - Savoie
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$185
Glacier des Arcs - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$185
Dent Parrachée - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$185
Flowery terrace vertical version - Amalfi painting (Italy)
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$258
Regard en chien
Aurélie Quentin
Painting - 130 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$6,592
Étude de vagues – Lacanau
Michel Jamet
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$140
Flat Lies (Terra)
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,233
Underwater Waltz
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$450
Night light
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,000
Summer colors
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,400
Mountain lake
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,000
Sous la pluie (3)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
$351
Sous la pluie (2)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
$351
Sous la pluie (1)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
$351
Sirop maison 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$185
Couleurs d'automne 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$140
Des songes qui brûlent 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$140
Sirop maison 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$185
Couleurs d'automne 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$140
Ne nous piétine pas
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
$140
Look of the night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Disappeared where it's hard to disappear
On Hansen
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Conversation of Two Muses
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Urban barriera margine confine
Alessandra Bisi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,859
Still life with peonies
Galya Popova
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Par dessus les grillages 3
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 100 x 130 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 inch
$4,709
Poussières de lumière
Annie Madec
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$280
Sur la plage, enfants...
Annie Madec
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$280
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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.