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Dive into the water
Elena Lukina
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,700
Blue night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,151
Muse in a Mask
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 150 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
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
Black sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€864
Guardians of the Frost
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€461
Mediterranean light
Carlos Diaz
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,400
Whiting, Red, Yellow, Orange 7522
Renato Spagnoli
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,400
Abstraction Paysage
Marie Dominique Ferracci
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€490
Peinture aout 2019-07
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€300
La Fille au Coq ou Belarus
Svetlana Maksimenko
Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€2,475
Le Conciliabule de Mai
Hugo Pondz
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€8,500
Human preservation (6) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (17)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,800
Sweet Shades of Memory XXII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€1,727
The Fountain of Youth
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Renaissance Two
Vakhtang Khelashvili
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,100
Light and shadow drawing
Carlos Diaz
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,900
Champ de lumières
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€590
Joie et lumière à Pleumeur
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
€550
La danse du matin
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.5 inch
€980
Mystic Forest
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.4 inch
€980
Seuls au monde !
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€1,260
Composition abstraite
Gaston Orellana
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,002
Evening of New York
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 85 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 37 x 1 inch
€2,399
Open sea currents
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 71 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 28 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,870
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
Last rays of the sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€959
Among the mountains
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,823
Evening in the mountains
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€1,151
Before the rain
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 55 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 1 inch
€1,343
Golden shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,535
Tree of Life
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,132
Red moon time
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,439
Evening Garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,343
Smell of spring
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1 inch
€864
In the shade of trees
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€1,535
Spring garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 1 inch
€1,535
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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.