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Wine and butterfly
Maria Mikileva
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$2,125
La perle du bassin II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$3,355
Les vagues mélodieuses
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
Horizon N 98 l'Isle 20-20
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$224
Horizon N 77 L'Isle 20-20
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$224
Rotterdam Cube Houses
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$772
Promenade au parc II Diptyque
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 65 x 184 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 72.4 x 1 inch
$2,796
Enfant roi - Cosi Fan Tutte
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
The Golden Dream Of Prague - The Breeze Of Autumn
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$671
L'oiseau bleu (Monochrome bleu)
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$2,796
Saint Pierre vue du ciel
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$783
Regates sous l'orage
Françoise Laine
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$548
Underwater Painting Red Expression was made underwater
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 30 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
$727
Musiciennes en temps de Covid
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
When the sea merges with the sky.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$559
A Little Pomegranate
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
$291
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,026
Printemps au parc diptyque
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 89 x 260 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 102.4 x 1 inch
$6,487
JE SAIS QUE TU M'AIMES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 72 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$1,001
La vague plastique
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,443
bal masqué au village
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,026
Joie du printemps
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
Reflets du printemps II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
Comme un printemps II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,349
Automne sur le lac
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,572
La table d'été II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$3,020
Un nouveau monde est possible
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$84
En plein été, au pays des fleurs
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch
$190
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Palette knife painting for Sale
The painting knife, or palette knife, as it is often called, has been a part of painters' tools for many centuries. Originally, it wasn't used to apply paint or to produce impastos but to mix pigments, to superimpose one layer of paint over another to modify it appearance or to remove excess paint from the canvas. Consisting of a curved handle and a flexible steel blade, its shape is comparable to that of a small trowel. It was during the Renaissance that the palette knife began to be used for something other than its original purpose and that artists started to use it to paint. Before that, painters sought to create a realistic and therefore smooth result. But artists such as Rembrandt, Titian or Fragonard noticed that scraping paint to create impasto helped to create eye-catching texture, relief and light.
Gustave Courbet is well-known for having brought palette knives back into fashion in the 19th century, a pivotal period when the art of painting, and art in general, underwent many changes and transformations. He was followed by the Impressionists and the modern painters (Monet, Van Gogh, Turner, etc) who used it to create thick impastos. Impressionists were particularly keen on this tool which was well-suited to the way in which they sought to represent light realistically, as our eyes see it. The invention of the easel and paint tubes allowed them to leave their workshops and to paint outside, enabling them to depict the shimmering reflections of water and the ever changing nature. They applied paint quickly in small thin strokes on the canvas and created texture using the knife. To create this effect, they used oil paint and acrylic, working them as little as possible so as to ensure their thick, dense appearance.
On Artsper, find works by Richard Dubure, Martta Weg and Ryan Hewett who all use the palette knife in unique ways in their practice!