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Libre arbitre - Composition abstraite
Carole Aurore
Painting - 100 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
£2,000
Orsay Oner tags and abstract
JP Malot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,666
Coulures sur Shoot The Bank
JP Malot
Painting - 86 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 33.9 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,955
Ronde, enfants et arbre - série Paysage imaginaire
Danielle Lamaison
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,066
Don't let me catch you
Wayne Ensrud
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 1 inch
£1,244
Dripping Sacré Keur
Brusk (DMV)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£15,108
Miniatuur Struisvogel
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 53 x 47 x 4 cm Painting - 20.9 x 18.5 x 1.6 inch
£578
What We Stay For (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Macha Poynder
Painting - 123 x 112 cm Painting - 48.4 x 44.1 inch
£4,500
The Days That Happen to You (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Macha Poynder
Painting - 123 x 114 cm Painting - 48.4 x 44.9 inch
£4,500
Color Thinking Composition PS31
Cristina Ghetti
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch
£5,556
We Are All Phoenixes Even if We Don’t Know it (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Macha Poynder
Painting - 170 x 93 cm Painting - 66.9 x 36.6 inch
£4,500
Suren Bogdanovich
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 79 x 52 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.1 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,066
Oleg Mikhailovich
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 84 x 54 x 0.3 cm Painting - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
£1,066
Why can we not be in many places at the same time?
Macha Poynder
Painting - 118 x 169 cm Painting - 46.5 x 66.5 inch
£9,000
Mujer bañandose
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,066
No entres docilmente en esa buena noche
Gabriela Lavezzari
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£3,304
Rouge lumière
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£3,466
Réveil en douceur
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£3,466
Jardin Aérien
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,466
Character Series - Self Portrait 2013-6
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£3,821 £3,248
We'll Remember Baton Rouge
Macha Poynder
Painting - 172 x 314 cm Painting - 67.7 x 123.6 inch
£15,000
Allongé dans l'herbe
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
£3,466
Un Jour Turquoise
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,466
Sunset, turquoise waves, of the sea
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£2,222
The emotional creation #330
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£3,649
The emotional creation #335
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£3,649
Brown abstract painting DK799
Radek Smach
Painting - 110 x 89.9 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,758
Constellation #3
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 122 x 109 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 42.9 x 1.2 inch
£2,257
Molts moments per pensar... cap per oblidar-te
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
£889
Paysages 533
Yongmin Huang
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£4,888 £4,399
Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£2,133
La Source de La Loue - Grotte et cascade - série Paysage de montagne
Anne-Marie Renno
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£667
On the waves of happiness
Ivana Olbricht
Painting - 99.1 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,907
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Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,066
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,333
Holding your hands
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,422
Aux alentours d'Aix en Provence
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,400
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
£1,155
Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
What is acrylic paint used for?
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
How do you do acrylic paintings?
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
What is the weakness of acrylic paint?
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.