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On the banks of the river
Peter Sinnige
Painting - 120 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
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Spring Blossom
Brigitte Chombart de Lauwe
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
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Girl in a blue dress
Olga Novokhatska
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
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Two Pines from the Loggia
Raphael Thierry
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Terrasse de l'Illustre
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Parasols à Saint-Germain-en-Laye (II)
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Retour du bois d'amour
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Un dimanche à la campagne
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Dans la rosée du matin
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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A quand la liberté
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Le tango de Barcelone
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Oublie le monde autour de toi, tu peux te changer en l'infini
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
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Le bruit des hommes me rappelle que je ne suis pas seule au monde...
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 56 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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J'ai peur tellement
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 46 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
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Manège fantasmagorique
Jean-Jacques Kugel
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Beyond The Wildwood
Abigail Lipski
Painting - 120 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
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Obalata, celle qui façonne l'homme dans la glaise
Olivia Lustman
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
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Mon corps se souvient que fais-tu?
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 28 x 21 cm Painting - 11 x 8.3 inch
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Birds in the Garden III
Russell Edward Vanecek
Painting - 76.2 x 55.88 x 3.81 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch
$2,272
Hidden Deer
Seung Hwan Kim
Painting - 163.3 x 130.3 x 2.8 cm Painting - 64.3 x 51.3 x 1.1 inch
$8,464
La Chute d'Icare
Eve Saint Jean
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$3,650
Southern California Wall Map
Jeremy Dickinson
Painting - 30.5 x 40.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 15.9 x 1 inch
$4,400
Sans titre - série Abstraction
Michel André Martin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,401
Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Chuli Herrera
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,072
Contemplation Opus IX
Theophile Delaine
Painting - 119.9 x 91.9 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,706
Dead inside. Reflection of a forgotten reality
Natalie Reyne
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$800
Monochrome 6th avenue
Adrien Faveau
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,036
La Frontière GUERRE WAR The border
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$21,861
La boule de cristal
Claude Sauzet
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,316
The Dreamplanter
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,756
Madame Mondrian
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,816
T'as eu ce que t'as eu
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
State security
Amarkine Amarteifio
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
$3,900
Conference of the birds no 28
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 51 x 51 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 inch
$2,055
Dual perception
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Aiguille du plan, Dent de Requin à Chamonix n°1
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 33 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,045
Bord de mer et voilier
Armand Cacheux
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,126
Les Couleurs du Vent
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
Un jour ailleurs
Catherine Tapon
Painting - 150 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$3,352
La plus belle pour aller danser
Stojan Milanov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,446
Cargo Traffic City Landscape
Vlado Vesselinov
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Ensemble, c'est vraiment ce que je préfère
Ada Kafel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Surface monstre
Julien Des Monstiers
Painting - 250 x 180 x 5.1 cm Painting - 98.43 x 70.87 x 2 inch
$45,000
Enchanted Landscape
Martine Goeyens
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,682
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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.