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Two Bee Eaters on the Ground
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,163
Santorini View from the Sea
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,029
Old Boat Santorini
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,029
Colonializm Abstract
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£761
Mystery of Love (1)
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,074
Caress of Love
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,074
Entre Ciel & Mer
Sylvia Brotons
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,790
Hurricane
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,074
C’est le Vent qui Passe
Daniel Cayo
Painting - 90 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
£3,311
Frère et sœur
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£805
En sortant de la forêt
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,074
Le petit chaperon rouge aux fleurs
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 120 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,074
Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£1,253 £1,128
Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£1,253 £1,128
Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£1,432 £1,289
Anémone Solo
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,790 £1,611
Entretien précieux
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 32 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,300
Under the Endless Howls of the Wind
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 25 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
£331 £298
A cuerpo plantado
Javier Artica
Painting - 69.5 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.4 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,432 £1,146
The Sea of Samsara
Diana Malivani
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£17,810 £16,029
L'inconditionnel
Diana Malivani
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
The Voices
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
Belated Manai Olympia Gold Award
Su Yu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£8,144
Gros bouquet en carafe
René Guinand
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£566
Hills landscape - Tuscany painting + frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 20 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
Sold
A la mode (Fashionable)
Samson Toba
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
£3,153
Vue sur le grand et petit Salève
Roger Descombes
Painting - 50 x 73 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.6 inch
Sold
Septembre au bord de l'Arroux
Michel Trapezaroff
Painting - 22 x 33 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13 x 0.2 inch
£3,553
En octobre à Ballaison
Michel Trapezaroff
Painting - 24 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
£4,135
En mai dans la campagne genevoise
Michel Trapezaroff
Painting - 22 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
£3,553
Within or Without You
Anna Bukhareva
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.2 inch
£2,909
Untitled (Primary with peacock motif)
Greg Bryce
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.05 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£322
Before Dawn
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
Sold
ButifI Were Someone Else, Who Then Would Be Me?
Anna Bukhareva
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 1.2 inch
£3,490
Lemon Trees
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
Le temps des vendanges
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
L'étang ensoleillé
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
March. Mimosa
Diana Malivani
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
Iris dans les jardins de Monet
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£12,082 £10,874
Walking on a Distant Glacier
Hua Qing
Painting - 300 x 400 x 6 cm Painting - 118.1 x 157.5 x 2.4 inch
£40,990
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Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
£1,338 £803
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£830
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,074
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
£1,163
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.