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Letters From Quarantine 24
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 39 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,324
Yantarnoe, 27/02/2021, 20h14
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,696
The forest call
Jacqueline Perez Saleh
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,337
Farmer before the storm
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$10,178
Live in the moment with me
Kelly Jenkins
Painting - 70 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
$3,640
Reflet bleu sur papier X1/4
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$882
Bonneville Salt Flats
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,464
Souvenir d’un café parisien
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 65 x 80 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 inch
$5,654
Scarabée doré
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,018
Blue, Red and Gold - Tribute to Gustav Klimt
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$667
Magia del tramonto
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 160 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$2,149
Instants - Quand le temps va...
Thérèse Bosc
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,470
Je vis le soleil au fond de la Mer (A. Camus)
Thérèse Bosc
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,108
A chaque vague une promesse (A. Camus)
Thérèse Bosc
Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$1,334
Coup de soleil sur la Falaise Bleue
Thérèse Bosc
Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$1,221
Bathing horses on the Desna
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
In Love With Pink Panther
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,527
Pale grey woods
Chelsea Davine
Painting - 90 x 115 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 45.3 x 1.4 inch
$3,698
Ballerina, the dark room II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$905
Petit pont du Marais
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Promenade nocturne
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 51 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
David's Gaze
Adriano Bernetti da Vila
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$3,845
La nuit tombe sur la crique
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
34 th street's colors
Adrien Faveau
Painting - 97 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$4,806
Peinture 04-2021-42
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$1,018
Peinture 12-2020-119
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
$961
Peinture 11-2020-110
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 146 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,923
Enigmatic appearance of myself in an other's dream
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Yellow coral and spadefish
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 106 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
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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.
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.
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.
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.