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Preparation for the New Day
Falope Ibrahim
Painting - 105.9 x 75.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 29.9 x 1 inch
€2,178 €1,960
The Heart of the Countryside
Arman Avagyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,549
Green abstract landscape and sea, mountains, forest
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
€8,200
Les trois Orbes
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,280
Autumn in the valley
Arman Avagyan
Painting - 55 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,549
Black-white Lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.8 inch
€7,000
Blue Reflexe blau yellow large abstraction XXL, with love for Ukraine
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€10,000
Blue seascape, water from the series Infinite Flight
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Infinite Flight series
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
€25,000
On brûle les scarabées
Jean Messagier
Painting - 120 x 205 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch
€35,000
Laitues Hard-Core
Jean Messagier
Painting - 130 x 195 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 0.8 inch
€27,000
Mi escondite de verano
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 140 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€3,100
El pastor ceno pescao
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 140 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€3,100
Caballo de San Bartolome
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 136 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 53.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,550
Le Mont Saint Michel - Paysage de Normandie
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€240
L'etang du Plan - Paysage et Nature
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€165
Le Mont Aiguille - Paysage et montagne du Vercors
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€165
Fleurs au vase bleu
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Mantón y mesa con frutas
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 73 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 inch
€7,500
A tu vera
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.4 inch
€6,000
Memories of sweet summer
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€550
Ombres sur le chemin
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
Arbre en fête
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
La foret d'automne rouge
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
Arbre soutenu
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 27.2 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.7 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€395
Foret d'automne jaune
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 41 x 27.2 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
€395
Summer rain
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€581
Dark Matter #10
Paul Scott Malone
Painting - 121 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 35.8 x 2 inch
€28,000
Flotsam and Jetsam, Personal Artifacts, Laughing Gulls (Storm #2)
Paul Scott Malone
Painting - 82 x 138 x 5 cm Painting - 32.3 x 54.3 x 2 inch
€26,000
The Mountain Cat and the Missionary (Storm #1)
Paul Scott Malone
Painting - 82 x 138 x 5 cm Painting - 32.3 x 54.3 x 2 inch
€22,000
Mémoire de fenêtre II
Yu Fu
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,500 €4,050
Golden Winter Forest
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€678
Castelmezzano
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,613
Bloom into infinite joy 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
€339
A bold expectation
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,400
Sunset in New York
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€2,033
L'atelier du printemps
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,499
Black night sunset
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€4,400
Arizona canyon
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,516
A l'orée des champs (1)
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,950
Colors Interrupted: Grey
Ron Connors
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€668
3D Golden rays - gold leaf, abstraction, minimalism (1)
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,000
Sunny day - 3d gold leaf, abstraction, minimalism
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
Golden meteorites 2 in 3D
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
Phare à la pointe - série Paysage marin
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
Epaves sur la Grève - série Paysage marin
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
From the series "Infinite Flightt"
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
From the series "Infinite Flightt"
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
From the series Infinite Flightt
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Galaxy in nude tones
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
From the series Infinite Flight blooming garden
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Infinite Flight blooming garden
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 95 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Blue Galaxy, minimalistic dripping abstraction Pollock’s Style
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Turquoise Galaxy blue abstraction style Pollock
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 95 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Last rays of the sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Impermanence 15-2023
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
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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.