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The Firefighter
Grigol Chirinashvili
Painting - 48 x 36 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,677
Source de Lumière
Christine Pultz
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$9,053
Concerto di Fenicotteri
Christine Pultz
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,790
Me Against the World
George Maskharashvili
Painting - 134 x 185 x 3 cm Painting - 52.8 x 72.8 x 1.2 inch
$11,995
Urban Landscape Series - Crossing The Road
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$34,119
Character Series - Pig Man
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$17,653
Urban Landscape Series - Farmers' Market
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$34,119
Urban Landscape Series - What Kind Of City
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$34,119
Still Life Series - Tea Fragrance
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$14,711
Urban Landscape Series - Dust Market
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 400 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 157.5 x 1.6 inch
$29,309
Character Series - A Medical Accident
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,653
Character Series - The Crucifixion Of Jesus
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,653
Urban Landscape Series - Warm
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$9,845
Urban Landscape Series - Political Power Comes out of the Barrel Of a Gun
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,653
Urban Landscape Series - Bus Stop
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,653
Urban Landscape Series - Commotion
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 127 x 145 x 4 cm Painting - 50 x 57.1 x 1.6 inch
$7,921
Public Transport Series - Oriental Express
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$34,288
Public Transport Series - Inside and Outside
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$35,250
Public Transport Series - Inside and Outside
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$35,250
Urban Lanscape Series, Where To Go?
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 240 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 94.5 x 1.6 inch
$37,344
Urban Landscape Series - Road Encounter
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$34,402
Urban Landcape Series, Met in the Subway
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$33,383
Desolation
Juliane Hundertmark
Painting - 140 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$11,882
Portrait - Super Happiness No.45
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$29,083
Abstract - Superstring series No.4
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$26,141
Portrait - Paradise with Happiness and Sadness
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$13,580
Portrait - Grateful for God's Air
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 200 x 280 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 110.2 x 1.6 inch
$52,394
Lioness and the Scorpion
Leticia de Prado
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$9,053
Floral and Fruit Elegance
Vlas Ayvazyan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$240 $204
Still life - flowers -5 (1) (1)
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 20 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$99 $85
Saint George’s Steer
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,582
Dog Under Street Lights
Wang Dianyu
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,373
Imagination
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 105 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$7,356
Don Quixote
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 160 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$16,974
The Story Of The Champion In Village
Judy C. Zheng
Painting - 60 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$5,600
The Peach Blossom Season
Judy C. Zheng
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$9,600
Peach Garden Outside The World
Judy C. Zheng
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$7,600
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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.
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.
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.
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.