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The Fairy Of a Moonlight
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,357 $679
Kate Moss, break the rules
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,619 $3,257
Double Kate Moss, Vanity fair, special version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,750 $4,275
Untitled
Siranush Vardanyan
Painting - 160 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,036 $1,832
Rusalka, Free floating in Ukrainian waters 28-02
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,674
A midsummer night's dream 05-04-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,111
Les Merveilleux Nuages
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 92 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,262
Anima reconciled
Moushegh karavartanian
Painting - 100 x 75 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
$960 $864
Sa Manière de Ressentir le Monde.
Amor de Agua
Painting - 120 x 300 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 118.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,393
Beyond boundaries #3
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 200 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,785
Lovers - Love And Comfort 3
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 50 x 59.9 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$817
Odalisque and Guitar
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 105.5 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 41.5 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
$14,023
La Nature, l'Homme et le Chaos
Kej
Painting - 128 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 50.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,410
Golden 18-07-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Corné Akkers
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$9,409
Homage to Eugène Durieu's Seated Female Nude 02-, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Corné Akkers
Painting - 100.1 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$8,297
Roundism - 07-08-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Corné Akkers
Painting - 100.1 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$8,276
Art Deco Nude - 14-08-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Corné Akkers
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,145
Portrait Anna
Gernot Kissel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$11,912 $10,721
Miss Guided
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,393
The Ukrainian Girl at the Morning Lake
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.9 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.75 inch
$4,200
The reader II
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$16,500
Sitting Nude on Red and Black
Gernot Kissel
Painting - 120 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$11,912
Sitting Nude on Yellow
Gernot Kissel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$9,265
Nude on orange Cloth
Gernot Kissel
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$9,265
Les curios (oiseaux)
Raimundo Bida
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,486
Le chat bleu
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,301 $1,236
Vernazza Cinque Terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,400
Little jewel of Tuscany n°3 - Italy painting & handmade frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 15 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$413
Little jewel of Tuscany n°4 - Italy painting & handmade frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 15 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$413
View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting & frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$548
Floral harmony - Italian painting
Bruno Tinucci
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$594
The stream of water lilies - Italian painting
Bruno Tinucci
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$594
A l´ombre de la forêt
Mara Toledo
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,809
Collecting Tucumã Fruit
Mara Toledo
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
En harmonie avec la nature
Mara Toledo
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Structure de la folie II
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 116 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
Purple Emotive Canvas
Liana Ohanyan
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$890
Azo
Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)
Painting - 260 x 200 cm Painting - 102.4 x 78.7 inch
Price upon request
Structure de la folie
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 116 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
Poussières d'étoiles Autre
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$882
Poussières d'étoiles Oiseau
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$848
Vibrant Abstract Burst
Hayk Miqayelyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$600
Betrayal of the Queen
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$450
Poussières d'étoiles Poisson
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$848
Summer rain
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$600
Instant ébloui (1)
Corinne Marino
Painting - 135 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$4,233
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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.