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The Gentleman
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€6,908
Afternoon Tea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€6,908
1981 Un Title N° 1 Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea
Kwan Soo PARK
Painting - 73 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
€4,950
The Golden Dream Of Prague - The King’s Town
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€299 €237
URBAN COORDINATES : 969 NIGHTS IN TOKYO’S DREAMSCAPE
Hiro Ando
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
€6,600
Series Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus No.2
Luo Yi
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€18,800
Dark sacred night
Emilie Teillaud
Painting - 114 x 147 x 4 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.9 x 1.6 inch
€4,650
Allons, there is no road yet
Izabela Apananska
Painting - 115 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
While you sleep 4
Steven Seinberg
Painting - 203.2 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 inch
€22,000
Spring windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€266
Haystacks in Westland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 23.9 x 40.9 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
€317
Three Students going to a Roman-Greco Party
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,600
If I give you my soul
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 190 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€15,000
Stronger Together
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 182.9 x 243.8 x 6.4 cm Painting - 72 x 96 x 2.5 inch
€11,994
The Dark Night of the Soul
Sharon Grimes
Painting - 35 x 53 x 5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 20.9 x 2 inch
€2,500
Apparente dualismo
Angioletta De Nitto
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€5,400 €5,130
La branche d'amandier
Piet ENGELMAN
Painting - 119 x 123 x 5 cm Painting - 46.9 x 48.4 x 2 inch
€4,000
Au carnaval, la lucane gourmande pêche des dattes farcies
Harry Walker
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Lily girl portrait
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€386
Girl at the sea 3
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.1 x 39.1 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
€340
Children at the beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.4 inch
€396
Retour gare Lille Flandres
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 130 x 195 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch
€17,000
Village with flowering - Tuscany landscape painting
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Vineyard with red poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Village and flowery vineyard - Tuscany landscape painting
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Flowery countryside vertical version - Tuscany landscape painting
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Sunflowers & Poppies - Tuscany painting landscape + handmade frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Ne pas voir, ne pas regarder
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
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La symphonie de la nature
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€700 €630
Barques de pêche sur la lagune de Venise
Arthur Jean Baptiste Calame
Painting - 85.5 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 33.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,088
Running with wet dogs
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€381
Winter windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€321
Sicilial landscape
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€326
Art market in Zaandam
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€517
Landscape with a windmill
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€324
The view of Schiedam 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€320
The view of Schiedam 3
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€319
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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.