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Vue du bar des artistes, Honfleur
Fabienne Tuffigo
Painting - 33 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$258
Branksome gold no.9
Michael Sole
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$13,130
Between spring and autumn
Oleksandr Serdiuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,139
David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5
Damian Bak
Painting - 200 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$4,484
Pensando en un paisaje
José Carmona
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,747
Still life with fruits
Ottone Rosai
Painting - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$33,633
A la bonne vôtre VI
Christophe Blanc
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
Chartres dans les colzas
Michel Maly
Painting - 31 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,640
L'atelier de l'artiste
Chittrovanu Mazumdar
Painting - 102 x 75 x 6 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.5 x 2.4 inch
$3,363
Crucifixion XVIII
Antoine Correia
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$14,350
Impression of Reality
Egle Karpaviciute
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$5,493
Concerto d'un Cadinal accompagné de moines
P. Dietrich
Painting - 69 x 98 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 38.6 x 1 inch
$2,206
Lac et montagnes
Laure Stella Victorine Bruni
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,367
Milky Morning
Asya Feoktistova
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$8,408
Au pied de la tour Sallière, Lac de Barberine et Massif du Giffre, Valais
D. Bédard
Painting - 75 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,832
Rue du Pot de Fer, Vieux Paris
Fritz Strebel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,391
1928 Underwood portable standard typewriter
Christopher Stott
Painting - 60.96 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$6,127
Dr. Smith and The Unknown Sense, Old Asylum, Jackson, Mississippi, 1925
Noah Saterstrom
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Painting - 30 x 40 inch
$6,000
To meet the nightflower
Hans Innemée
Painting - 35 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,915
Bread and fruits
Nina Stenshinskaya
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,500
Parallel lives, Painting, Oil on canvas
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 3 inch
$7,150
Very large still life with sterling
Gregory Hull
Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 inch
$6,448
Les couleurs flamboyantes
Noro Rajaoson
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$431
L’Atonium
Philippe Venin-Bernard
Painting - 70 x 70 x 40 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 15.7 inch
$3,139
Another Valentine
Karen Woods
Painting - 40.64 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting - 16 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$6,269
Standard bearer 15
Christos Antonaropoulos
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$24,216
Sky blue water II
Daniel McKinley
Painting - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$21,301
Still Life With Red Scarf
Helene Halstuch
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 3.3 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1.3 inch
$5,700
Bouquet de fleurs
Jean-Pierre Pophilat
Painting - 71 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,381
Loci guardian of a place
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,166
Golden New York
Angelika Richter
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$8,600
A la renverse
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,372
Portrait d'Ursula Stauffacher au livre rouge
Alexandre Blanchet
Painting - 91.5 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 36 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,146
Incandescent
John Belingheri
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.16 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 inch
$28,596
Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht
Eugeny Chalakoff
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,507
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Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,139
Dawn over the lake
Dawid Zdobylak
Painting - 75 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,579
Still life with lemons
Nataliia Pavliuk
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,700
Jeune fille espagnole au foulard
Edouard Morerod
Painting - 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,439
Fruit of the Goddess
Gino Tintin
Painting - 112 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 44.1 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,300
It will never be the last time
Gabriela Culic
Painting - 120 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
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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.