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Relax your Dogs
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 100.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$500
Alien invasion
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 inch
$28,900
Playing cowboys
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 inch
$28,900
Against each other
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 96 x 2 inch
$43,200
Industrial mindset
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 84 x 2 inch
$24,900
Riot on Capitol hill
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,800
Touche en plein bleu
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
$19,000
Appart from earth
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 84 x 2 inch
$30,100
Lets take the animals into the night
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 inch
$28,400
Mr je sais tout
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 134.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 53 x 40 x 2 inch
$29,000
Friends watching TV
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 inch
$27,400
Marriage force
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 inch
$30,400
Im following you, diptych
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$40,100
I can hear you
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 96 x 2 inch
$49,000
Face your fears
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$29,200
The fishing contest
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$19,000
Le numero de cirque
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$43,000
The last pack ice
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$43,000
Egg girls on a bicycle
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,585
French School Blue Kurt Cobain
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,898
El acecho del lobo - Serie Caperucita
Pato Reichler
Painting - 105 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,679
Caperucita y su camino de rosas - Serie Caperucita
Pato Reichler
Painting - 115 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,349
Cielo de Jalisco
Nicolas Sanchez
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$8,000
Tree of Destiny Painting
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Taking Hours To Wind Down
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,121
J’embrasse la peinture
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
J’embrasse la peinture #2
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
White Grass / Graminées Plumes
Vinciane Closset
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Symphonie de fruits
Théo Tobiasse
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$12,279
Uncle Josh
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 95 x 85.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 33.8 x 1 inch
$2,500
A Bright Day on the Mystic
Mark Hunter
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$650
Making Body Sculptures On The Field
Simon Findlay
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Bloomed field - Tuscany landscape & frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 24 x 44 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
$519
Urban composition
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 120 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,902
Primavera - Tuscany landscape & frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 24 x 44 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
$519
Metaphysical weight (3) forbidden collage (15)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$3,215
City Mini Break
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,168
Infinite Flight
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$27,907
The Venus of Paradise
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 95 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Lawson 2
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$670
Before falling asleep
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Scarlet breath of the autumn
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Protect me ! / 5
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,786
Protect me ! / 3
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,786
Golden meteorites in 3D - stars, skylights, gold leaf, gilding, plaster, objects
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,023
Not a balloon dog - gold 3d textured minimalistic animal inspired
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,246
Rock gold leaf, 3D textured
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,907
Hope in Gold - 3d gold textured Pop Art inspired by Robert Indiana
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,907
Hope in Gold - 3d gold textured Pop Art inspired by Robert Indiana
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,907
Generational feelings 20
David Murcia
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,672
De cendre et de rouillle
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,666
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Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Walk in the sky - blue pink geometry abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
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.
What is special about oil painting?
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.
What's the difference between oil painting and acrylic?
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.
Is oil painting easier than watercolor?
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.