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Inner life of ellipse #1
Jan Kaláb
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$13,730
Inner Life of Ellipse #3
Jan Kaláb
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$13,730
Playful elegance
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 76 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch
$2,891 $2,602
Inspiring landscape
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$990
Blue Expressions III
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 81 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,090
Spring rain
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 72.9 x 150.1 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,540
Symphony of dreams
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,140
Falling under your skin
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,121
It's Not Me, You Messed Up
Evelyn Morgan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,271
L'envolée de lumière... (origami 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 37 x 37 x 6 cm Painting - 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 inch
$614
Paix en mer... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Secret Reality and Fear III
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 94 x 80 cm Painting - 37 x 31.5 inch
$2,791 $2,428
Death of Socrates
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$1,580
Just Red Fabric on a Black Mannequin...
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 135 x 90 x 2.3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch
$6,586
Mes orchidées colorées
Lila Maroun Frem
Painting - 87 x 87 x 3 cm Painting - 34.3 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
$5,581
Mountain Apache, paysage de montagnes imaginaire, dans la série peinture tribale, influence indienne
De Caso Michel
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Crépuscule aux Arènes 2
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,902
Totems are crying. (Memory of the residential schools)
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 0.4 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.15 inch
$1,580
Action of Life
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,679 $2,411
Homer's metaphysical insight
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,150
Secret of Intimate Dance II
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,902
Bias by numbers HPM
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 104 x 76 x 1 cm Painting - 40.9 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$19,925
Série Noname Centres 15
Stéphane Rime
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$949
"Architecture rouge et or" abstrait vernis pigments masquages sur plaque de bois 120x220cm
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 120 x 220 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 86.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
A travers champs
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$335
A Love Day in Paris
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,440 $836
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Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,340
Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$964
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,674
Aux alentours d'Aix en Provence
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,014
Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
What is acrylic paint used for?
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
How do you do acrylic paintings?
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
What is the weakness of acrylic paint?
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.