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Vermilingua kiss
Olga Oreshnikov
Painting - 90.2 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch
$4,910
Colors of the flag
Olga Oreshnikov
Painting - 101.6 x 92.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 36.5 x 1.5 inch
$5,549
Morning sun on the snowy Mézenc mountains
Anne Baudequin
Painting - 133.1 x 199.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 52.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$5,900
Still life - flowers -5 (1) (1)
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 20 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$99
Instants tranquilles
Adela Burdujanu
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$2,354
Un dimanche à Paris
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Combi VW Seventies
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Petite Vespa verte
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Vespa bleue
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Traction avant
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Mini-Cooper
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Boulevard des Capucines
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 93 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Basilique Santa Maria Della Salute
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Porte Saint Denis
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 93 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Les flacons
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
Composition à la carafe
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Composition à la danseuse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Derrière l'Opéra
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
Portrait de fillette
Georges Darel
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,217
Champs de coquelicots…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,287
Abstract flowers in vase
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$250
Más allá de un lugar
Diego Beneítez
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,925
Cityscape -Modern Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$200 $170
Mosh posh O my gosh
Max Hammond
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$12,500
Toward Lexington Avenue on rainy day
Chin H Shin
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$5,600
Dream journey to north shore
Chin H Shin
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$7,200
Azure Observer
Gevorg Sinanyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$300 $255
Mallows in the mother's garden
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 139.7 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 59 x 1 inch
$13,100
Spring in Inkerman
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 121.9 x 299.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 118 x 1 inch
$18,000
Solar roofs of the Marmaris
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 139.7 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 47 x 1 inch
$8,000
Oriental still life
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 119.4 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 43 x 1 inch
$6,000
Un moment à soi
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,269
Autumn on my mind
Ziad Dib Jreige
Painting - 81 x 104 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 40.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,760
La fiancée et les autres
Jacques Yankel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$6,166
The cow and the stone
James Earley
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,548
Butterfly Matrix khokhloma
Helen She
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$13,577
Evening at the Bar
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.8 inch
$9,566
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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.