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Abstract winter III
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,827
Waiting here 410
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,524
Abstract garden
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 36 x 63 x 1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
$4,524
Unreal realities
Milena Mladenova
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,527
Somewhere there before sunrise
Milena Mladenova
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,414
At sunset ... Before sunrise
Milena Mladenova
Painting - 25 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,414
Poetic landscape - White on white
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,400
Factory & Soft mountain chain
Marion Sagon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,672
Mon cher jardin d'amour _printemps printemps
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 160 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$10,178
Abstrait - Libre interprétation de...
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,651
Mystery of Freedom
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,200
Mineral earth
Jacqueline Perez Saleh
Painting - 53 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,094
Arc en ciel
Jacqueline Perez Saleh
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,075
Color declination
Jacqueline Perez Saleh
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,074
Marilyn Monroe - Wonder Marilyn in her Louis Vuitton dress
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,443
Beneficial Rain, Abundance, Fullness, Plenitude
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$554
Tripping Homer
Rinalds Vanadzins
Painting - 89.9 x 59.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$2,750
Senza titolo 1970. Works from the 1970s by thema Tintotela
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 125 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,036
Durata e simultaneità 1982
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$1,809
I cancelli de lcielo II 1982
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$1,809
Respiri di una notte d'estate. 1981
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$2,149
Senza titolo 1981
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,923
In nessuna ora 1987
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$1,923
Canto degli spiriti sull'acqua 1984
Paolo Ambrosio
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,149
Omidan (Maiden) 3
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,100
Omidan (Maiden) 4
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,100
Omidan (Maiden) 5
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,100
Omidan (Maiden) 6
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,100
Day & Night 4 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,506
Dreamgate frontier 1
Tobias Måård
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,221
Dreamgate frontier 2
Tobias Måård
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,221
Your cool hand on naked dollar
Tobias Måård
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,545
Beneficial Rain, Abundance, Fullness, Plenitude
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$554
Paisaje Urbano I
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 100 x 76 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,131
Músico con Guitarra
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 150 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,262
Camino a la Nueva Ciudad
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 120 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,131
Paisaje Rojo Carmesí
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 150 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,696
Rolling stones
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1 inch
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I love you lord forever
Karl Lagasse
Painting - 50 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$22,618
Bankside Landscapes Series 8
Kelly Jenkins
Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$556
Madness Returns
Andrew David Grammer
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 2 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.8 inch
$1,278
Splash of Bling
Andrew David Grammer
Painting - 30.5 x 22.8 x 2 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.8 inch
$1,368
Pink Crystalline
Andrew David Grammer
Painting - 26.6 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 10.5 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,368
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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.