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Sweet lion - Wild Serie
Paco Roum
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,844
Splashed emotions
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 48 x 38 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£597 £478
Conversation avec un ange
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,311
When He Was a Child
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£435 £218
Red Hair Princess
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£435 £218
Woman with bird
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,511
Reitberg
Elena Borstein
Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch
£14,928 £12,688
Mayors Cup II
Elena Borstein
Painting - 114.3 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 45 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£7,464 £6,344
Meltemi III & IV
Elena Borstein
Painting - 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch
£7,464
Mouvements de couleurs flamboyantes
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£444
Les Tuileries
Caroline de Piédoüe
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,222
Three Romeos and Airy Sensation of Freshness
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£435
Les filles du sud... (En scène)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,511
Invitation au voyage XX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£23,499
Eve and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£435
The Blue Sky Above
Christopher Rainham
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,900
Conflicting Line #7
Tadas Zaicikas
Painting - 113 x 148 x 2 cm Painting - 44.5 x 58.3 x 0.8 inch
£21,329
Lines #43 -Shub Flowers
Tadas Zaicikas
Painting - 117 x 77 x 2 cm Painting - 46.1 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch
£15,997
Aller simple pour le bonheur
Geraldine Bandiziol
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£311
Across the fields in autumn
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 125 x 175 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 68.9 x 1.6 inch
£4,500
I lost The Keys
Simon Richard Halimi
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£39,992
My neighbors told me
Simon Richard Halimi
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£23,551
In the intimate confession
Simon Richard Halimi
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£33,771
Hannya two: Blooming chrysanthemums in darkness
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,377
Koomote four: There are always flowers for those who want to see them
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,377
Du vent dans la coiffe
Speedy Graphito
Painting - 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
£16,441
Please Call Dr. Horder Sylvia Plath's last Notes
Parimah Avani
Painting - 29.5 x 40.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.6 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
£355
The Rise Of Gray Matter Or the Utopia Of Human Feelings
Vlado Vesselinov
Painting - 70 x 100 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
£1,689
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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.