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Patagonia Chilena
Luz Benavente
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,061
Arlparra Country _ AP598/07
Angelina Pwerle Ngala
Painting - 85 x 94 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.5 x 37 x 0 inch
$3,034
D'ici et d'ailleurs
Dominique Phénix
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,584
We Don't Know How Water Is Blue #1
Tran Trong Vu
Painting - 254 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 100 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,300
Horizon l'étoile (Douce volupté songe du sage)
Alexis Alary
Painting - 146 x 226 x 1 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89 x 0.4 inch
$5,169
Noir, c'est pas encore noir
Livia De Poli
Painting - 89 x 116 x 5 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 2 inch
$4,045
Le regardeur initial
Danie Faurie
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,809
Piazza del Popolo Trittico
Giuseppe Salvatori
Painting - 140 x 190 x 2.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 74.8 x 0.9 inch
$18,878
Abstract Composition in Yellow and Blue
Claude Chauchet
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,146
Consciousness beige
Eva Breitfuss
Painting - 50 x 50 x 6.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2.6 inch
$3,034
Lucky Luke colorful
Alvin Silvrants
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$785
Alaukik saundarya (Divine beauty)
Richa Dave
Painting - 61 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,023
Janmarda Jukurrpa (Bush Onion Dreaming)
Sarah White Napurrula
Painting - 122 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$2,472
Sans titre
Elizabeth Marks Nakamarra
Painting - 122 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
$5,057
La petite nostalgique.
Jean-Pierre Blanpain
Painting - 18 x 14 x 2 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inch
$787
Yankirri Jukurrpa - Emu Dreaming - Ngarlikurlangu
Pauline Singleton Nampijinpa
Painting - 91 x 122 cm Painting - 35.8 x 48 inch
$3,820
C'est vous qui choisissez
Simon Halimi
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$26,968
Le serpent qui danse (diptyque)
Marie Anglade
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Plages du Brésil - Paysage marin abstrait et sculpture homme
Rosana Faustino
Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$326
Untitled (1) (2)
Ahlam Lemseffer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$16,855
Portrait on a Traditionnal carpet XXL
Jacqueline Klein Breteler
Painting - 170 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,787
Activists destroyed my Masterpiece (1)
The Activist
Painting - 66 x 49 x 4 cm Painting - 26 x 19.3 x 1.6 inch
$4,270
The king decides to be a normal person
Xiao Duzi
Painting - 51.5 x 62 x 0.02 cm Painting - 20.3 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$2,247
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Lounys
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,090
Into the love No.2
Stephen Rowe
Painting - 152.4 x 129.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 51 x 2 inch
$8,750
The most holy trinosophia
IAN SCHRANZ
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,247
Reedines potentieel ratio
Wiegen Den Uyl
Painting - 90 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,506
Nouvelle Terre - Planète Terre
Claude Laffaye
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$169
He loves me, he loves me not
Ala Ilescu
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$604
Le sens de la vie
Paul Flickinger
Painting - 62 x 51 x 0.2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,517
Les petits oiseaux
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,146
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Blue ocean waves
Nataliia Krykun
Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,247
Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,348
Holding your hands
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Let us hold each other
Barbara Piller
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,124
La vie en effervescence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$1,180
Aux alentours d'Aix en Provence
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,034
Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
What is acrylic paint used for?
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
How do you do acrylic paintings?
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
What is the weakness of acrylic paint?
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.