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Jacmel rouge (Haïti)
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
Le fleuve rouge (Viet-Nam)
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
Feral Roots
Gudmundur Sigurdsson
Painting - 121.5 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 47.8 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
$11,377
Two Circles
Gudmundur Sigurdsson
Painting - 101.5 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 40 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
$11,377
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$14,208
Pêche de nuit
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,663
1966 Paris blanc La Belle parisienne White Paris The Bistro A Parisian
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 38 x 52.5 cm Painting - 15 x 20.7 inch
$2,109
Traces 1987 Remains
Moon JANG CHULL
Painting - 119 x 49 x 0.3 cm Painting - 46.9 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,221
Two owals
Miquel Angel Benejam
Painting - 120 x 140 x 2.8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.1 inch
$2,442
The three graces
Miquel Angel Benejam
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.8 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.1 inch
$2,997
Mountain
Miquel Angel Benejam
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.1 inch
$2,664
Let´s Save the Planet
Maria Aparici
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$13,153
Untitled #2. November series
Viktoria Ganhao
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$477
N° 890 Le château de Fortis.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
$1,110
Crystal Pyramids
Mauricio Paz Viola
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,997
1996 Portrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,276
La Banlieues Invisibles
Renjie Gao
Painting - 200 x 300 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 2 inch
$16,761
Le Monde du Dessous
Audrey Margeridon
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,996
Lire et s'évader
Audrey Margeridon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,108
L'amore più grande
Sara Denkenesh Bresolin
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,402
Le deuxième sexe ou la lecture 03
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 82 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
esprit embrumé
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,662
Untitled From the Mexican Ry?an-ji Series
Francisco Larios
Painting - 30.5 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 9.5 x 1 inch
$2,600
The end of that day, Painting, Oil on canvas
Elohim Sanchez
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 0.8 inch
$2,060
Michel Houellebecq
Jean-Michel Lourenço
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$832
Fleurs blanches et pinceaux
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 55.5 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch
$640
8 rue Sedaine, sous les hauteurs des toits de la Bastille, à 10 heures
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$888
Où va le monde
Pascale Charrier-Royer
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$3,219
Le roi ozone
Pascale Charrier-Royer
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$3,219
Mystery of Camargue
Alexander Levich
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$4,329
Diogenes in a search for an honest man
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 30.5 x 38.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 15.25 x 0.1 inch
$580
Angels over the city
Svetla Koseva
Painting - 65 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,665
Portrait - Idol No.3
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$17,094
In Shape of Land
Vanessa Cuthbert
Painting - 49 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,573 $2,316
Finch in Garden
Russell Edward Vanecek
Painting - 30.48 x 22.86 x 2.54 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 1 inch
$2,090
Paysage animé en bord de Seine
Georges Darel
Painting - 54 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
$903
Night in Paris Nuit 1966 Minibus
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 inch
$2,164
PARIS NIGHT Les Amoureux Lovers
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Nigh Paris Nuit La serveuse du Buffet Waitress
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Paris Nuit Sortie de boite / La charrette de l'ivresse
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Night in Paris Nuit Sortie de Night-Club Exit
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Paris Nuit Fiesta / "High" Paris Night
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Night in Paris Nuit 1968 Lady à la cape rouge Lady with red cape P
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Les girafes pianistes en bord de mer / Giraffes playing piano on the seaside
Peter Stilton
Painting - 40 x 51 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,164
La Dogana II sous la neige
Marianne Dencausse Robbe
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,876
Villecroze, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 46 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$823
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Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,332
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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
Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,554
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.