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Repetition, Series of Ballerinas
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Repetition, Series of Ballerinas
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 90 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
€8,000
Repetition, Series of Ballerinas
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 100 x 220 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 86.6 x 1 inch
€9,000
Meditation on green stripes
Kat Zhivetin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,276
Houses among sunflowers - Tuscany painting & frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€375
La saison des plaisirs
Ksenia Milicevic
Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,400
View from the terrace large version - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€315
Vertical gulf view - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€315
The Lonely Bird Still Sings
Mark Hunter
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 1.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 inch
€5,757
Kohaku Love Sonata : Crimson Melodies
Hiro Ando
Painting - 150 x 87 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
Scarlet Love & Nishikigoi Trio : Shinjuku Serenades
Hiro Ando
Painting - 175 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 68.9 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
€7,000
Violent Violet
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
Abstract Expression
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
€2,400
Donkey Kong: Nature's Revenge - NES
Arlo Sinclair
Painting - 70.1 x 70.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€2,586
Atari CX40: Joystick Driver Disk - 3.5" Grey
Arlo Sinclair
Painting - 70.1 x 70.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€2,586
The saddest dog in the world
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 21 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€820
Sunshine Embrace
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€432
Des songes qui brûlent 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€125
Small town big time
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 59.9 x 119.9 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€384
Danses 4/29 Tarentelle
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,550
Without Title (Sans Titre)
Emerich Meerson
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€4,999
I'll be the moon
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch
€2,111 €1,583
La poupée celestial
Jaume Queralt
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€11,400
Cielo de Jalisco
Nicolas Sanchez
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 1.5 inch
€7,676
Bosque de Fuensanta
Agustín Gancedo
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Tree of Destiny Painting
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€5,000 €4,500
L'Oiseau Damoclès (Étude)
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 45 x 28 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11 x 1.2 inch
€456
Golden Petal Symphony
Vahe Bagumyan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€432
L'amour des mauvaises herbes 3
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
L'amour des mauvaises herbes 2
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
L'amour des mauvaises herbes
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Landscape 10
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,343
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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.