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Nature morte d'automne
Maria Malomoude
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€700
Mulled wine time
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Radiant Blossoms
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,173
From the series Infinite Flight (1)
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€6,000
L'affamé est l'amalgame
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 209 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 82.3 x 2 inch
€14,900
Superman at the museum
Josh Delo
Painting - 80 x 149 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 58.7 x 1.2 inch
€18,000
Clowns in the sky of New York
Josh Delo
Painting - 96 x 141 x 3 cm Painting - 37.8 x 55.5 x 1.2 inch
€21,000
Embrace of Innocence
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€342
Saturday Morning
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 41 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,151
Waves of Love
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 76 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,151
Winter forest Birch NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
€7,580
Birch forest bed NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Birch forest IV NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Birch forest sunset NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Cerulean blue Birches II NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Sans titre - Les Dieux aussi ont parfois du chagrin
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Whispers of Spring in Rural Repose
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€293
Ma colère brûle tout - Les Dieux aussi…
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Studio Lane 2
HowardArthur Tweedie
Painting - 48 x 36 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,300
Still Life Tomato and Pear
HowardArthur Tweedie
Painting - 37 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 14.6 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,450
Evening Beach, La Garoup, Antibes
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 80 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€6,256
Paradise Courtyard
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€5,181
Marina Antibes. France
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€5,083
Sunny Croatia. Dubrovnik, Croatia
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€5,279
Hallstatt am Hallstätter See
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€8,300
Blausee - Bergsee, navy semi abstraction, impressions minimalism seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
Dark blue landscape / seascape - large navy black oil painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
Green landscape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 44 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 17.3 inch
€8,200
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
Twelve Apostles
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Coast Monterey
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Charles Bridg in the evening
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,740
Twelve Apostles, Australia
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Rocky coast of Australia
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Navagio Beach Greece
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Italian coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Vernazza Cinque Terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
€800
Chefchaouen streets
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
St. Angelo Bridge in Rome
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€800
Lofoten Islands
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,880
Blooming street Greece
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
French city Eze
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,700 €1,394
Lago di Como
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Riomaggiore Cinque terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Lofoten Islands
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Santa Maria della Salute
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
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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
€1,200
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€978
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,173
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
€1,300
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
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.