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City Mini Break
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€4,770
Infinite Flight
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
€25,000
The Venus of Paradise
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 95 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Modern Borrowed Scenery Lawson 2
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
€600
Le dresseur des confins
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€6,500
Allégresse au bout d’une table
Pascha Pascha
Painting - 200 x 220 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 86.6 x 1.6 inch
€4,900
Protect me ! / 5
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,600
Protect me ! / 3
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
Protect me ! / 2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 63 x 75 x 4 cm Painting - 24.8 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
€800
Inspiration Klimt - Arbre de vie
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 89 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,340
Portals to My Bedroom
Yusuf Epcin
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,777
I Find Myself Every Time I Get Lost, but Not the Same
Yusuf Epcin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,208
Before falling asleep
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Scarlet breath of the autumn
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Paysage de Moneuse
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 24 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€568
We are all martyrs (3) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (12)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 150 x 135 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 53.1 x 0 inch
€6,240
Scarlet Reflections
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€196
The Field of Eisenstein III
Ihar Barkhatkou
Painting - 150 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
€6,000
Blooming on Eiriks gate
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,700
Blue Ocean - Deep water navy minimalism seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Beach Scene Abstraction
Maxwell Stevens
Painting - 105 x 131 x 5.5 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.6 x 2.2 inch
€10,000
Light among the olive trees
Andrea Borella
Painting - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€565
Mullioned window with flowers
Andrea Borella
Painting - 47 x 37 x 1 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
€565
You are the Happiness that Flows Through Me
Slava Ilyayev
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
€8,407
Unseen - Disjointed reality #19
Kris Haas
Painting - 107 x 102 x 0.25 cm Painting - 42.1 x 40.2 x 0.1 inch
€3,550
Chaotic Memories - Disjointed reality #20
Kris Haas
Painting - 94 x 68 x 0.25 cm Painting - 37 x 26.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,550
Seen - Disjointed reality #18
Kris Haas
Painting - 107 x 114 x 0.25 cm Painting - 42.1 x 44.9 x 0.1 inch
€3,550
Les chemins de la tendresse
Timothy Archer
Painting - 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€4,300
Le Flatiron Building
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,750
Every second matters
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,300
HealingGreenland - Skydiving
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 116.8 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 46 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
€4,200
Chunja's Multiverse Story
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 3 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,100
Sunset Over the Kingdom
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 180.3 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 71 x 71 x 2 inch
€17,010
Old turkish carpet
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 109.2 x 180.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43 x 71 x 1 inch
€5,474
Whatever you call it
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 127 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 50 x 84 x 2 inch
€27,763
Messy behavior
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 182.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 72 x 60 x 2 inch
€27,079
Three brothers
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 72 x 2 inch
€24,439
Ballade en campagne
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 190.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 75 x 2 inch
€32,455
People and horses
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 190.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 75 x 2 inch
€36,170
Vue du Port - Pornic - série Paysage marin
Dorothée Denquin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€625
Le Confinement
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,750
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Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,200
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€978
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,173
Walk in the sky - blue pink geometry abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
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.
What is special about oil painting?
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.
What's the difference between oil painting and acrylic?
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.
Is oil painting easier than watercolor?
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.