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Château Fort sur colline et son village, Bouzols en Auvergne
Alkaplan
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
£2,416
Dragon Sleeps in the Heaven of Flowers
Li Lei
Painting - 150 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
£18,794
Alice au pays des merveilles
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 33 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
£526
Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting)
G. Campbell Lyman
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
£4,074
Le orme dell' acqua
Nadia Cascini
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£4,065
Phillip is perplexed
Lilia Mazurkevich
Painting - 125 x 135 x 5 cm Painting - 49.2 x 53.1 x 2 inch
£7,995
Depuis Cologny avec vue sur le Jura
Jean Viollier
Painting - 33 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch
£914
Man of Valor
Gobe Joseph
Painting - 182.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 72 x 54 x 1 inch
£8,587 £7,728
The inside of a watering can (Das Innere einer Gießkanne)
Paul Verstraten
Painting - 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,566
Color sound in the golden light
Mi Jean Kang
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,148
Pink mountains
Karl de la Diushes
Painting - 140 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,584
La boule de cristal
Claude Sauzet
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£3,446
Abstract - Inspired by Miro -1
Artur Hakobjanyan
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Koi anticipation XI
Peter Goodhall
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,600
Promenade romantique
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£716
The thing about this place
Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth
Painting - 64 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,862
The Centre Cannot Hold
Syndi Kahn
Painting - 90 x 81 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.9 x 1.4 inch
£3,546
Unda III
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 122 x 62 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,730
Complotisme - série Chaos chromatique de l'Univers
Gérard Beaugrard dit GéQi
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,683
Départ de la Calanque
Jean-Marc Guillaume
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,611
La Frontière GUERRE WAR The border
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
£17,452
Les gardiens de Khéops
Raymond Poulet
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£9,845
Marine 20 - série mer et voiliers
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£644
Sarve Abarghoo série n°1
Ibrahim Ganjian
Painting - 180 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
£3,580
Papillons gold
Jean-francois Larrieu
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£8,950
Silent Scream
Mihai Alexandru Haita
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,727
N.Y. y el rio Hudson
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 121 x 175 x 3 cm Painting - 47.6 x 68.9 x 1.2 inch
£15,215
Under the Bridge
Karin Anita Morris
Painting - 76.5 x 51 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30.1 x 20.1 x 1.5 inch
£2,014
Dans la Lumière - Série New York
Marianne Dencausse
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,718
A Girl With a Knitted Cap
Miyuki Takanashi
Painting - 72.7 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 28.6 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
£3,043
Migration 4, Jour 1
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
£2,864
Control Attempt #21. Jealousy
Dasha Buben
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
£895
Dispersed Dense Lines
Ya-Ping Dong
Painting - 50 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,432
Le vent du large, voilier
Corinne Vilcaz
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,566
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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
Evening time
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£996 £796
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
Se cacher dans les herbes
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,611
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.