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The light in my mind
Zhivko Mutafchiev
Painting - 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
Rajao II
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,139
La clé de la maison - symbolique et conscience collective
Marie-Claude Quignon
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$981
Two Kinds of Life 1
Dunmade Ayegbayo
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$950 $855
There must have been an angel by my side
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$8,184
Enchanting Elegance
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,250 $2,025
La Féerie des Eaux
Nicole Azoulay
Painting - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,682
Soulmates, Spring serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Abstraction
Lika Sarishvili
Painting - 59.5 x 59.5 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.4 x 23.4 x 0.7 inch
$1,794
Souvenir de l'eau
Philippe Charpentier
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Psychédélique village
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Self Portrait Poet Soul
Troy Henriksen
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 1 inch
$448
Purple Lilac and Blue Diptych
Paulo Gnecco
Painting - 95 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$5,606
La sieste - Nap in a 70's room
Léa Dedieu
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Cocoon of Comfort, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,368
Brightness 11
Max Yaskin
Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,401 $1,192
Stuck In A Loop (Again)
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Cats and Mountains
Maya Abashidze
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,579
The little white butterflies
Alla Grande
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
Enjoy your style
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,682
It_helped_me_diamond
Axel Jenny
Painting - 125 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,242
Play & Diversity 17
Lucie Jirku
Painting - 100.1 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,480
Afternoon boat trip
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Une sieste au Sahara
Conie Senac
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$3,229
Passerelle d'un monde à l'autre
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Before the Storm
Bojana, Bojitt Ilic
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$11,040
Self-Worth 2
Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
$3,250 $2,925
Yellow Fantasy VII
Aaron Labin (Grigoryan)
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$559
Série vibration du coeur
Christelle Ferron (Nasca)
Painting - 116 x 249 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 98 x 1.2 inch
$4,709
Infinite tenderness
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 4 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.6 inch
$1,680
Maison moderniste
Jordi Santacana
Painting - 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
Untitled II
Aleksandar Bezinovic
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,287
Ceci n'est pas une Porsche Barbie
Moi.
Painting - 115 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,484
A Bird out of Merlin's Ear
Christopher Rainham
Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$2,386
Mediterranean coast
Francesc Casademont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Dieppe Series 2.0 / II
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$359
Empreinte Aigue-marine
Natacha Gillot
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
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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.