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Dance of The Moth
Svetlana Martin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
The Kitchen Sink with Dahlias
John Capitano
Painting - 90.2 x 66 x 4 cm Painting - 35.5 x 26 x 1.6 inch
$1,435
Peace Fingers Geometric
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 68 x 53 x 0.4 cm Painting - 26.8 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$9,529
L'Imaginaire est bleu
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,363
Phone Conversation
Abdulateef Salaudeen
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,000
Rouget d'origine noble dorée
Robert Combas
Painting - 46.5 x 34 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.3 x 13.4 x 1 inch
$32,512 $29,261
Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Scarification III
Jean-Michel Zazzi
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Ceci est une confusion
Yichao Sun
Painting - 100 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,830
Blue Irises
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Light Lilac Series #2
Ahsin Ahsin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch
$1,401
Portrait of My Barber (At The Barber Shop)
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,250 $3,825
Not so long big splash
Miquel Wert
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Bateaux de pêcheurs à Positano, avril
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
Taylor Swift's Non-Identical Twin
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$325
What doesn't kill you is dead
Paulina Halasova
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,889
Composition abstraite 43
Benoît Guérin
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$886
Marcher avec le chien
Rivera Bagur
Painting - 23 x 32 x 1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,960
The playful power of water
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
C'est étonnant, tu crois pas
Jéko
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,345
My Kid Just Ruined My Basquiat (graf) on canvas
Ziegler T
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
Les ruelles de Venise.le rouge
SLH Artiste
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,682
Riflesso di luna sul mare
Davide Angelillo
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$146
Epicycle - série portrait onirique et surréalisme
Samuel Boudaud
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,382
Once Given a White Rose 3 (1)
Agbalaya Abdulahi Opeyemi
Painting - 33 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 10 x 1 inch
$650
Olympic Gold Medals Paris 2024
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$392
Flowers Little Prince
Jisbar
Painting - 150 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Baby Doll, Chanel Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 70 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,868
L'amour en bleu
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,924
Danse sous les nuages
Pitu
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1 inch
Price upon request
Ça fait un titre
Gérard Schlosser
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$28,028
Le marchand d´oiseaux
Ivonaldo Veloso de Melo
Painting - 75 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$8,408
La jeune fille à la perle
Marie KVK
Painting - 100 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
$3,475
Beyond the Horizon IV
Anna Hausova
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,026
Spring in the garden of Eden - blossoms, spring in France, flowers garden
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,241
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Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.