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Aiguille de Scolette - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£147
Dôme des Glaciers - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£147
Au dessus d'Aussois - Savoie
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£147
Glacier des Arcs - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£147
Dent Parrachée - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£147
Étude de vagues – Lacanau
Michel Jamet
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
£112
Flat Lies (Terra)
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£983
Sous la pluie (3)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
£280
Sous la pluie (2)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
£280
Sous la pluie (1)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
£280
Sirop maison 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
£147
Couleurs d'automne 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
£112
Des songes qui brûlent 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
£112
Sirop maison 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
£147
Couleurs d'automne 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
£112
Ne nous piétine pas
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
£112
The depths of the soul
Emily Starck
Painting - 97 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
£2,590
Sous le soleil exactement/15
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
£715
Femme en bleu à la terrasse d'un café.
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
£893
What Nobody Wants to Know
Sebastian Picker
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£5,359
The colors of happiness
Emily Starck
Painting - 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,501
Elle aime la couleur rouge.
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 61 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£715
Terre bleue
Pascale Jacquemond-Collet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£759
Disappeared where it's hard to disappear
On Hansen
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£2,488
Par dessus les grillages 3
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 100 x 130 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 inch
£3,752
Quelques fruits gourmands et amitie?
Youngmi Kim
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£402
The adventures of the desert
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 80 x 89.9 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£415
Streets of Northern City
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£415
Relax your Dogs
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 100.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
£415
Ascensionnel
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£590
L’Étang des Carpes
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£715
Regard en chien
Aurélie Quentin
Painting - 130 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£5,252
My Name Is Brigitte
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
£4,020
My Name Is Grace
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
£4,020
My Name Is Marylin
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
£4,020
What awaits us
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,786
A l'écoute du silence
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,786
Début d'automne à Fontainebleau
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£804
Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 73 x 116 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 inch
£18,132
Take me into another dimension I II
Maria Esmar
Painting - 220 x 280 x 0.2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 110.2 x 0.1 inch
£11,165
Take me into another dimension II
Maria Esmar
Painting - 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
£6,074
Take me into another dimension I
Maria Esmar
Painting - 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
£6,074
In the green of summer
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,322
Night light
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,488
Alone with silence
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,990
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£995 £846
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£829
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
£1,161
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,072
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,965
Minimal Forms 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£539
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.