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The coasts of dreams
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Caillou au trait rouge
Françoise Danel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$503
Invisible sea
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,405
Melodies of the Sky
Armen Vahramyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$890
A Woman Pooling Into Colour
Julia Swaby
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$593
Les regates bleues
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Childhood Illusions
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Sombras. Antonio Banderas
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,013
Apaleado
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 75 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,237
Sunlight - Tranquil River at Dawn Oil Painting Peaceful Landscape with Misty Waters and Gentle Sunrise Hues
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,750
Morning glow- Sunrise Over the Lake, Serene Oil Artwork
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,700
L'homme et la mer
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,651
L'orage menace - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,474
Pink Cloud - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Puesta del sol
Vesna Udicki Vucetic
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,069
Herramienta en Rojo. From The Composition with Tools series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Stylish woman with red lips
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
Vista Ruscello
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,572
Paysage décomposé
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,209
Armenian Kochari Dance
Hayk Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,100
Poussières d'étoiles Autre
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$872
Poussières d'étoiles Poisson
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$839
L'Atelier prismatique
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,890
Her Universe
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
Urban composition
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 120 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,908
In the end of summer
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,405
Poppies 4
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 55 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$447
Dancing Blooms by the Stream
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
Mediterranean light
Carlos Diaz
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,040
Peinture 06-2023-45
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$951
Infinito CIII
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.3 inch
$895
Whispers in the Dusk
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$250
Elegance in Twilight
Ruzanna Melqumyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$650
Still Life with Sunlit Blooms
Lilith Gurekhyan
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$800
An escape from emotion 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 137.2 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 34 x 1 inch
$500
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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.