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Power of colors - yellow, green, white, colourful abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Feeling of energy - yellow, green, white, colourful large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
The feeling of a shooting star - blue, navy, white, black large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping, Pollock style
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Walking on the beach
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200 €1,080
La vieille ville - entre abstraction et paysage fragmenté
Didier Caudron
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
Avalon-Tapestry 2
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Poisson bleu Opéra
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Notre-Dame et bateau mouche
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
Party on the rooftop
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
Welcome To The Jungle!
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 95 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,150 €702
Red point
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
Evening glow
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
The House on the Cliff
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€1,350 €1,080
La cueillette
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
€2,300
Les heures bleues
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
€2,300
Collines bleues - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€785
Circus Serenade
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
Couleurs de la connaissance
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,690
A ballerina at the window
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€720
London Evening Traffic
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
A portrait with wild flowers
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,400 €1,260
The ballet team II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
You are my everything
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€850
Diffusion of memories
Grzegorz Gruza
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,100
Three Graces
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Favorite Irises
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,193
La splendeur de la lune
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Shining water- Sunset Over Mountain River Captivating Oil Painting with Warm Evening Hues
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€873
In Venice
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,164 €931
Romantic woman. Portrait of the female artist
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
Orage d'automne - Paysage et couleurs
Didier Caudron
Painting - 24 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€785
A woman in the city at sunset
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
Nothing is perfect
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 1 inch
€291
We become who we are
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 190 x 0.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 74.8 x 0.1 inch
€6,300
Fournaise
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,680
Barcas y flores rojas
Josep Teixido
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,750
Composition interieure
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Study for Regents Park
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
Walking Down the Strand
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
Study for Green Park
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
On the Trail in Hampstead Heath
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
Traffic at Whitehall
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,171
A portrait with a glass of wine II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€750
Paysage au chaudron
Françoise Danel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
L'univers de l'artiste
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Beautiful Kind of Pain
Gabrielle Strong
Painting - 83 x 107 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 42.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,555
Flamingo’s Happy Day
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
The Magic Of Love
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,450 €1,160
Evening inspiration
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,134
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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.