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Whispers of the Forest
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Mirrored Dreams
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Harmony to the Horizon
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
God gave me You
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Love without End
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Sunset in Venice
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€720 €648
I choose peace 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€776
Colorful Reflections
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 75 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€728
Enchanted Woodland
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€679
A portrait with a glass of wine II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€750
Sunshine coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,843
Bouquet Fleurs rondes
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,080
Peinture 12-2023-71
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
€1,200
Peinture 11-2023-66
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
€700
Peinture 11-2023-67
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
€1,200
Peinture 11-2023-69
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
€1,200
Peinture 11-2023-63
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
€700
Armenian Rural Tradition
Hayk Miqayelyan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€728
River light - Golden River at Sunset Textured Oil Painting Warm Oranges and Reflective Waters
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,261
"Evening" oil painting - Sunset Over the River Captivating Oil Painting Warm Hues and Tranquil Waters
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,572
"Evening moment" - Misty Evening Mountain Stream riginal Oil Painting with Soft Twilight Hues and Gentle Flowing Water
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,649
Rialto Bridge. Venice Italy - Venetian Nightscape Captivating Oil Painting with Rich Evening Hues
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,649
"The last rays of the sun over the river" - Tranquil Mountain River at Dusk Original Oil Painting with Serene Evening Blue and Purple colors
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,552
Dusk by the river near the pier
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
Evening river-small sunset landscape
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€873
Evening glow-small sunset river landscape
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€873
Zephyr Mountains-Evening river landscape, sunset clouds
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,698
Evening river-Evening river landscape, sunset mountains, yellow, blue painting
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,552
Vineyards in the mountains. Corfino
Yehor Dulin
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,104
Favellas - Paysage abstrait et architecture
Didier Caudron
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€785
Pavot du soir espoir
Angelo Pioppo
Painting - 46 x 33.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,090 €545
Northern legends.River
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Sunny Day Fountain
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 45 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Vento con Rossi
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 130 x 154 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 60.6 x 0.4 inch
€3,600
Victoria horkan
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,193
Abstract graffiti life
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,900
Home is where the Heart is
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Blue Bonnets calling me Home
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Mystical Majestic Trees
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Big Thicket Mysteries
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Fleur de dragons
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€580
Comme un printemps III
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€2,800
Matisse’s Daytime Flower Parade
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,439
The Storm Participant
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 90 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,946
Sous un parapluie blanc
Christian Raffin
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Baby Your A Firework
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,193
Sainte Victoire jaune
Eric Guillory
Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,000
Oasis 1 - Paysage abstrait - sable et désert
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Oasis 2 - Paysage abstrait - sable et désert
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Oasis 3 - Paysage abstrait - sable et désert
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Oasis 4 - Paysage abstrait
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Quiétude 3 - Paysage marin abstrait
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 21 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
€190
Lagon 2 - Paysage marin abstrait entre mer et terre
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Oasis 7 - Paysage marin abstrait
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Lagon 3 - Paysage marin abstrait entre mer et terre
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Quiétude 5 - Paysage marin abstrait
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Espoir 1 - série Paysage abstrait des bords de Loire
Brigitte Bibard-Guillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€190
Perspectiva de nieve en Berlín
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 50 x 50 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€3,900
Spring time
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,261
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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.