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Boats and boats
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Far from the madding crowd
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 66 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Runing to home
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 34.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.5 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Waiting for the third
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$600
Untitled #6
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,124 $955
Untitled #5
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,124 $955
Untitled #4
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,124 $955
Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,573 $1,337
La Luz 19
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Sitting Model
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 100 x 88 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch
$9,439
Verso l'elevazione
Angioletta De Nitto
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,776
Reclined Nude
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 100 x 170 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.9 x 0.4 inch
$14,608
L'angelo custode
Angioletta De Nitto
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,776
Forever Worship
Mihai Florea
Painting - 220 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 86.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,057 $3,792
Future Worship
Mihai Florea
Painting - 220 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 86.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,057 $3,792
Useful Object Cut
Mihai Florea
Painting - 120 x 70 x 30 cm Painting - 47.2 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$2,584 $1,938
Useful Object Cover
Mihai Florea
Painting - 120 x 70 x 30 cm Painting - 47.2 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$2,584 $1,938
Model with swan
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 100 x 90 x 7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 2.8 inch
$14,608
La mujer de la luna
Carmen Cañadas
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,979
Divas de Jazz #3
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,405
Déesse de Paris
Valentin Savtcheko
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,472
Divas de Jazz
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,820
Tribute to Cubism (Hommage au Cubisme)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
Sold
Still life with bird and sailboat
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
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Misteri a Venezia
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,922
Vista Ruscello
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,584
Du côté de Paimpol (Série)
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 56 x 42 cm Painting - 22 x 16.5 inch
$1,124
Herramienta En Rojo. From The Light series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Xon Duce Harley Davidson
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,742
Herramienta En Amarillo. From The Light series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
The Gods of Olympus
Frank E Hollywood
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
The way to the top
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,371
Life Line - minimalism red blue
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,495
Anticipated Embrace
Liana Ohanyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$350
A portrait with wild flowers
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,573
Wildflowers
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Derrière les fleurs
Marianne Quinzin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,910
Sunset. The fog is spreading. Bolshoye Sytkovo
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 18 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,483
Room interior with a chair and lamp
Schagen Vita
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,798
Vase of Wild poppies
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$450
Anthurium avec orange
Duda Moraes
Painting - 195 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$8,090
Hiding Places - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Shindig - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Special one - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Couple - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Village en août
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 43 x 43 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,124
Composition Abstraite
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 76 x 101 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0.8 inch
Sold
On the Horizon (A l'Horizon)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
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Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,680
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Evening time
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $960
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,348
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
$1,461
Se cacher dans les herbes
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,023
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.