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Sweet Shades of Memory XXII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,800
Sword Fight Orange Sig
Ron Connors
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,890
Fellow Feeling
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 116.8 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 46 x 1 inch
$4,099
Strenght of Ekilorea
Marielle Simzer
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.6 inch
$1,110
Gutxi Skye Dreams
Marielle Simzer
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.6 inch
$1,110
Animal Painting #012-0683
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,510
Manarola. Cinque Terre
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,000
Peinture aout 2019-07
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$333
She wants Bitcoin X10
Kseniya Rai
Painting - 70 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,554
Se cacher dans les herbes
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,998
Abstract composition
Aram Sevoyan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
L’attente du jour prochain
Hugo Pondz
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,985
L’apprentissage du ciel
Hugo Pondz
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,438
Cartografía del sueño
Esther Aragon
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,776
Yellow swirl with balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,110
Yellow green violet balls 2
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,110
Yellow green violet balls 1
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,110
Purple atmosphere with green balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,110
Green balls on yellow brown
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,110
The coronation (after unkown pin—dm for credit or removal) forbidden collage (3)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 109.1 x 82.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43 x 32.5 x 0 inch
$4,529
Abstract n°6-14
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,332
Abstract n°5-14
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,332
Abstract n°310-4
Harry James Moody
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$1,332
Abstract n°310-3
Harry James Moody
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$1,332
La couleur et des mots
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,199
The Mosaic of Colors
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,221
Coral Reef Painting Ocean Art Underwater Seascape Original Painting
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,497
Night by the river
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,400
Funny emoticons
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,440
Sunset on the lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
$5,217
Lumière du soir III
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
You are my other Half
Lilly Muth
Painting - 125 x 145 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 57.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,664
Le chaperon rouge de Boston
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch
$2,775
Vase of Velveteen Roses
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
Victoria horkan
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,375
Paysage abstrait I
Weiquan Liu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,332 $1,199
Minimal Forms 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$650
Minimal Forms 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$650
Morning Venice and the Gondolier
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,332
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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.