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Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,151
Who Are These Angels CXLI
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
€1,199
Plage de Saint-Cast
Bernard Buffet
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€180,000
Ore Ijinle (True Friendship)
Naomi Oyeniyi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,159
Life: The Best Teacher
Naomi Oyeniyi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,159
La cigogne est passée
Paskal Hotman
Painting - 92 x 86 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 33.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,190
Life Line - minimalism red blue
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Blue night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,151
Turquoise
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€864
Rocky shores
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€864
Courtyard in Venice
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,343
Bush of red lilies
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 110 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,919
Killer whales
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,631
Path Among the Rocky
Hrach Baghdasaryan
Painting - 60 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€854
12 series Ultramarine arctic summer
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 42 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
€583
12 series Yellow leaping on ultramarine
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 42 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
€580
Water lily pond
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,343
Courtyard in Greece
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,535
Blooming yard of Greece
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,343
Animal Painting #012-0687
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,360
Animal Painting #019-1760
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,360
Porthole Series #26
Gabrielle Strong
Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
The Edge of Silence
Gabrielle Strong
Painting - 76 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,125
Portrait #3. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,151
Rythmes et couleurs
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€3,900
Square devant l'église, Paris
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 49.5 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.5 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,264
Les arbres 02.03.24
Laurent Bouro
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Les arbres 01.03.24
Laurent Bouro
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Les ombres du savoir
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€2,990
Spring in Tuscany - Italian landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€800
Countryside in June - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 65 x 108 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 42.5 x 0.4 inch
€950
Spruce in the forest
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,600
Self Portrait of a Southern Man
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 72.9 x 59.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
€5,181
Waiting for the Sun
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 72.9 x 59.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
€5,181
On the Horizon (A l'Horizon)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€150
„Blue Window“ Blue white abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 59 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300 €1,170
Bright color abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€2,000 €1,800
Blue Meditation
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000 €1,800
Brown seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,000 €1,800
Through the prism of colors
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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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.