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Haloween sur mer
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$787
Rambla de Barcelona
Josep Teixido
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,090
Trois barques sur la plage
Josep Teixido
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,697
Théâtre d'Oklaoma
Franck-Bernard Gaulier
Painting - 35 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$472
Inquisitive Interlude
Radu Rodideal
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,135
Abstraction 1969 Barcarès Musée des Sables
Moon Shin
Painting - 79 x 48 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.1 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$11,124
Still Life in Blue
Vanessa Cuthbert
Painting - 59 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,354
Fragmented Cinematic life
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,067
La Basilique Saint-Pierre, Rome
Luigi Surdi
Painting - 54.5 x 66 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.5 x 26 x 0.2 inch
$1,009
Un Ultimo Ritocco
Claudio Benghi
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,573
Renewal 14 JS
Jérôme Sorolla "Le parrain des arts"
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch
$3,933
L'au-delà
Jérôme Sorolla "Le parrain des arts"
Painting - 89 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$5,057
Still life - Flor - Alberto Romero
Alberto Romero
Painting - 38 x 34 x 5 cm Painting - 15 x 13.4 x 2 inch
$1,405
Les pensées sont des bombes
Willy Charps
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,348
Flaques de Printemps
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 35 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$674
Bowl with blue cloth Cuenco con trapo azul
Alberto Romero
Painting - 50 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,910
Bowl with eggs Cuenco con huevos
Alberto Romero
Painting - 50 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,910
Reflections of happiness
Daté Amouzou
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,023
Sol en la noche
Seila Otxandiano
Painting - 72 x 92 x 12 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 x 4.7 inch
$1,124
La Banlieues Invisibles
Renjie Gao
Painting - 200 x 300 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 2 inch
$16,967
dix de carreau
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,697
Anémone Solo
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,247 $2,023
Zeeland, The Netherlands 1953
Maarten Demmink
Painting - 16 x 25 x 1 cm Painting - 6.3 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$899
Au Bord De La Rivière
Sergey Kovalenko
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,023
Nature morte avec des coquilles
Sergey Kovalenko
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,023
Parfum de magie
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Velo Karoussell
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 74 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,793
Réunification N°5 (MR06)
Marie Aimer
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$10,113
Réunification N°2 (MR05)
Marie Aimer
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$6,742
Mlle L has Licence to Kill
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 60 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$1,236
Little Black Surfer and Sixtine Chapel
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 60 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$1,236
Under the Endless Howls of the Wind
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 25 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
$416 $374
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,348
Walk in the sky - blue pink geometry abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,461
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.
What is special about oil painting?
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.
What's the difference between oil painting and acrylic?
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.
Is oil painting easier than watercolor?
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.