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Empire state building
Adrien Faveau
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,382
Portrait d'enfant portant une carafe
Janebé Weber
Painting - 65.5 x 50.5 x 3 cm Painting - 25.8 x 19.9 x 1.2 inch
$918
Paysage avec Grange
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,596
Outlook (I Dream of Japan)
Judith Berry
Painting - 152 x 224 x 3 cm Painting - 59.8 x 88.2 x 1.2 inch
$11,500
Here Comes The Rain
Glynne James
Painting - 45.5 x 152.5 x 2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$4,120
The Flaws That Cut Through
Jessica Houston
Painting - 152 x 152 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,400
Angels on the sticks
Glynne James
Painting - 121 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 47.6 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,485
Dame de cœur
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,697
Balade en pirogue
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,382
La femme à l'ombrelle
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,382
Les espaces généalogiques 6
Hélène Duclos
Painting - 162 x 228 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 89.8 x 1.6 inch
$10,675
Gros bouquet en carafe
René Guinand
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$711
Opus 111
Alexandre Richelieu-Beridze
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$10,675
Campagne Genevoise
Frédéric Goerg
Painting - 65.5 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$596
Evening Landscape
Anastas Kamburov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,428
Through the Glasses
Anastas Kamburov
Painting - 64 x 58 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch
$6,517
Plato's Cave
Danielle Maillet-Vila
Painting - 74 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 29.1 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,270
Les secrets de la dame patronnesse
Timothy Archer
Painting - 160 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,090
Promenade au parc II Diptyque
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 65 x 184 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 72.4 x 1 inch
$2,809
Petit vélo deviendra grand
Gaia du Rivau
Painting - 40 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$674
Le cavalier de nuit
Anastas Kamburov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,248
La maison de Bretagne N°1
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$899 $854
Hills landscape - Tuscany painting + frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 20 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
Sold
Perspective d’un paysage
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,259 $2,933
Marina - Italian painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 40 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Bouquet de fleurs, tulipes, lilas et pivoines
Alexis Louis Roche
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$608
Gustav Klimt Tribute in Black
Christian Jodin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$556 $390
Déjeuner au soleil, Grasse
Claude Schürr
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$12,136
Fin d'orage, St Guénolé
Claude Schürr
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$8,090
Lavandes au port Canto, Cannes
Claude Schürr
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$6,967
Portrait de femme
FeiWoux Chan
Painting - 100 x 78 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,371 $3,034
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Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,680 $1,008
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.