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Tender Innocence
Maria Matveyeva
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,007
Where the tower is
Rieko Kuriyama
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
CHF 864
April in Alsace
Mehran Rashidfarokhy
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
CHF 1,076
Cascade en forêt - série Paysage et nature
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,525
Light Wind in the Sails
Andrei Belaichuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,881
En attendant le jour
Xavier Jallais
Painting - 55 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 2 inch
CHF 1,475
Stuckpixel II
Natja Jander
Painting - 125 x 125 x 6.1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 2.4 inch
CHF 5,656
Couples in the Landscape
Slava Ilyayev
Painting - 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 10,386
Sing what’s out of reach
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - 250 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 98.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 12,013
Le coeur de l’ame
Joel Giraud
Painting - 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,905
Pink Painting (Landscape No.7)
Doris Marten
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,746
The Night We Meet
Ewa Czarniecka
Painting - 82 x 102 x 4 cm Painting - 32.3 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 2,034
Petit tournesol
Didier Chamizo
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,627
Safe the Zec
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
CHF 15,254
My heart goes out...
Barbara Kieca
Painting - 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,220
Blue and Black
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,424
Santorini Magic (1)
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 5,593
The seat is cold
Reagan Kruse
Painting - 60.96 x 45.72 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,383
Tea Time - Museum Ludwig Cologne
Linda Moufadil
Painting - 31 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 24 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,627
Dreams on deck
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,220 CHF 1,098
Découverte d'une fresque dans une chapelle
Lison Favarger
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,170
La poupée celestial
Jaume Queralt
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 11,593
Distant voice
Alison Martinenq
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,322
L'Empire State Building (Vue 2)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,780
Le promenade au parc
Lise Le Cœur
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,830
Grand Canyon Colorado River
Mark Hunter
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,700
Présence du guide et envolé onirique aprés cette nouvelle naissance
Patrick Delorme
Painting - 39 x 29 x 0.01 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch
CHF 641
Starlite Motel, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Nathan Rhoads
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,002
L'île aux cygnes à Annecy
Pascal Hayot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 936
The Birth of Venus
Jeremy Bianco
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,864
Calanque d'En Vau
Chantal Buissart
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 1 inch
CHF 915
Italian landscape
Olga Afanasiadi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,017
Magic shadows
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,322
Lumière océane d'un jour d'été
Anne Horlaville
Painting - 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 895
Aigrette en Camargue derrière des barbelés
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 37 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,322
Vieille femme et son âne
Alberto Cecconi
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 820
Dreaming Pierrot
Oleg Zhivetin
Painting - 76 x 62 x 0.3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,887
Man in the fields
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 49 x 64 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,220
Père et enfant (Série par dessus les grillages)
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 60 x 80 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
CHF 2,034
Amalfi flowery road - Italian painting + frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 508
In tropical waters
Peter de Boer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 940
Soft Focus Beach Scene (Fourth of July)
Maxwell Stevens
Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 1 inch
CHF 5,085
Vineyard in San Gimignano - Tuscany painting & handmade frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 356
Stairway to Armenian Skies
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 330 CHF 281
Afrocentric Radiance
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 139.7 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 49 x 1 inch
CHF 3,210 CHF 2,889
Green Reflection
Bernadette Jiyong Frank
Painting - 122 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.2 inch
CHF 9,406
Tropiques, oiseaux blancs
Bernard Marie Collet
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,932
À la lisière des bois
Erica Boimare
Painting - 92 x 72 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,627
Heartbeat Pills
Philippe Huart
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 8,135
Envol et profondeur
Alain Beraud
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 11,694
Nature sauvage
Virginie Mézan de Malartic
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,949
Vendanges
Jean-Pierre Ceytaire
Painting - 27 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,051
Refracted Visage 1
Niall Pickvance
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,186
French School - PS 241 Noyée dans Monet Impressionnist
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,627
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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
CHF 1,133
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 944
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,220
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
CHF 1,322
Oil Painting 12
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,932
Sérenité abstraite
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,024
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.