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Voiliers en Méditerranée
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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L'infinitude de l'horizon
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2.2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch
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La créativité du rêve
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Revenir à la simplicité
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2.2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch
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Un pont vers le bonheur
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Les montagnes fleuries
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Lumière intense sur la mer
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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Création de la reine au pays des fleurs
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 24 x 30 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 inch
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Paysage côtier structuré
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Éclaté de couleur rose rouge
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
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Danseuses de Feu - Techno Contemporain de Lyrisme Abstrait
Sylvie Adaoust
Painting - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Embrase de Lumière : Vortex d’Or – Lyrisme Abstrait
Sylvie Adaoust
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
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Les petites filles
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
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Grand éclat couleur bleu iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Fondu noir blanc
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs jaune orange rouge
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs blanc bleu
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs or orange violet iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs jaune orange rouge magenta
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Fondu doré orange rose iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs or cuivre
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs or vert bleu iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs doré rose violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Fondu blanc rose
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu blanc argenté bleu vert
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu orange rouge violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu rose orange violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu blanc vert
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu doré bronze
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu doré violet gris iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu or vert bleu iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu doré rouge gris iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu bleu violet iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu chaleureux
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Mouvement texture / Bleu Violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.6 inch
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Un secret à te dire
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs doré rouge graphite
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Fondu orange violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu bleu iridescent violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu doré orange violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu rose violet iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu or rouge violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Quarts d’éclats colorés série 1
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 49 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.3 x 0.6 inch
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Mouvement texture série 1
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 49 x 37 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.3 x 14.6 x 0.6 inch
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Instant Majorelle II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu Or Orange Rose Iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu Blanc Argenté Vert Noir Iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Fondu blanc argenté bleu noir iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs bleu violet iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs or orange
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs or rose orange iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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Grand éclat couleurs verdoyant
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
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La vie en effervescence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$1,180
The essence of life
Ella Prakash
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$8,428
Un Soir de Printemps
Georges R. Quinio
Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,247
Promenade romantique
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$899
Palette knife painting for Sale
The painting knife, or palette knife, as it is often called, has been a part of painters' tools for many centuries. Originally, it wasn't used to apply paint or to produce impastos but to mix pigments, to superimpose one layer of paint over another to modify it appearance or to remove excess paint from the canvas. Consisting of a curved handle and a flexible steel blade, its shape is comparable to that of a small trowel. It was during the Renaissance that the palette knife began to be used for something other than its original purpose and that artists started to use it to paint. Before that, painters sought to create a realistic and therefore smooth result. But artists such as Rembrandt, Titian or Fragonard noticed that scraping paint to create impasto helped to create eye-catching texture, relief and light.
Gustave Courbet is well-known for having brought palette knives back into fashion in the 19th century, a pivotal period when the art of painting, and art in general, underwent many changes and transformations. He was followed by the Impressionists and the modern painters (Monet, Van Gogh, Turner, etc) who used it to create thick impastos. Impressionists were particularly keen on this tool which was well-suited to the way in which they sought to represent light realistically, as our eyes see it. The invention of the easel and paint tubes allowed them to leave their workshops and to paint outside, enabling them to depict the shimmering reflections of water and the ever changing nature. They applied paint quickly in small thin strokes on the canvas and created texture using the knife. To create this effect, they used oil paint and acrylic, working them as little as possible so as to ensure their thick, dense appearance.
On Artsper, find works by Richard Dubure, Martta Weg and Ryan Hewett who all use the palette knife in unique ways in their practice!
What is a palette knife painting and how is it different from traditional brush painting?
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What are some famous artists who have used palette knife painting in their work and what are some of their notable pieces?