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The painter's house
Mariana MeryMax
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$283
The bell rings N times a day
Dahyun Kim
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,565
American Goldfinch
Kevin Frank
Painting - 30.48 x 22.86 x 3.81 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 1.5 inch
$2,135
Fleur Bleu (Blue flower)
Juliette Lemontey
Painting - 162.6 x 114.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 64 x 45 x 2 inch
$9,000
Jour de Pluie
Antonio Tamburro
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$10,750
Immediate Family
Dang Xuan Hoa
Painting - 67.3 x 149.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 26.5 x 59 x 2 inch
$39,000
Fishing Boats Sozopolis
Pancho Malezanov
Painting - 90 x 123 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 48.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,282
The Farmhouse
Jacques Ivane-Millérioux
Painting - 32.7 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting - 12.9 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$385
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient
Ruby Bat Arnon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,316
Cards 3
Emilis Benediktas Seputis
Painting - 180 x 220 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 86.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
L'église de Calvi
Charles Levier
Painting - 118 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 46.5 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$12,448
Cerises sur étagère
Philippe Destors
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,460
La forêt enchantée - série Paysage imaginaire et porcelaine
Isabelle Lafargue
Painting - 91 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 35.8 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,244
Portrait bleu
Nathalie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 35 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0.8 inch
$1,811
Golfing in Normandy
Rody Iliesco
Painting - 81 x 195 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 76.8 x 0.8 inch
$13,580
Coccinelle Ladybird Bouteilles bottles
Gilles Le Corre
Painting - 74 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 29.1 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,207 $1,103
Carpets from Provence
Alexandr Reznichenko
Painting - 180 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$11,090
Pekingese Family of Dogs
Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi
Painting - 70 x 101 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.8 x 0.2 inch
$7,921
PINK TUBES : COTTON CANDY AND EPHEMERAL LOLITA SPECTRUM
Saori Nakamishi
Painting - 180 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$7,921
Ambiance de plage
Clothilde Lasserre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$758
Quien sueña con el sosiego II
Diego Beneítez
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,791
Vaso di Anemoni (Red Anemones)
Arturo Noci
Painting - 50.5 x 65.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.9 x 25.7 x 0.1 inch
$15,277
Mountain Landscape
Giovanni Giani
Painting - 61 x 100 x 0.4 cm Painting - 24 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$6,563
Senza Famiglia (No Family)
Gianmarco Montesano
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
$9,619
Senza Famiglia (No Family)
Gian Marco Montesano
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
$9,619
Landscape with House (Villa Borghese)
Giorgio de Vincenzi
Painting - 69.5 x 89.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 27.4 x 35.4 x 0.5 inch
$7,356
Precencia magica de una serpiente
Henry Bermudez
Painting - 120 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$19,238
Models - Body Kun (Two Types of Bodies)
Johannes Sivertsen
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
View of Saint Moritz
Carlo Ferrari
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$5,884
Energy Of The Sea
Victoria Curling Eriksson
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,603
Nature morte en cuisine
Jean Pierre Bourg
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,814
Rome from the Victoriano
Kenny Harris
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 6.4 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 2.5 inch
$2,000
Yy can’t wee beef rends!
Nathan Paddison
Painting - 64 x 204 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 80.3 x 1.2 inch
$4,000
Bicycle, Painting, Oil on Paper
Jan Willem Versteeg
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$439
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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.