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Puerto Viejo
Miguel Nunez Rauschert
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,126
Thanos snaps and Mona disappears
Sanuj Birla
Painting - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
$3,500
Jetty on the Lake Iseo
Piero Marussig
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$16,186
Crucifixion XVIII
Antoine Correia
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$14,288
Branksome gold no.9
Michael Sole
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$12,958
Between spring and autumn
Oleksandr Serdiuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,126
David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5
Damian Bak
Painting - 200 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$4,465
Pensando en un paisaje
José Carmona
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,735
Der himmel ist überall 04
Johann Rivat
Painting - 80 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,349
Universe Series - Home
Thang Chaio Mei
Painting - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$6,809
Wonders Of The Depths
Katarina Olympia Zaraj
Painting - 100 x 200 x 1.7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.7 inch
$5,580
A la bonne vôtre VI
Christophe Blanc
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,237
Portrait of Lady
Carlo Socrate
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$15,070
Chartres dans les colzas
Michel Maly
Painting - 31 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$5,234
Impression of Reality
Egle Karpaviciute
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$5,470
Vue du bar des artistes, Honfleur
Fabienne Tuffigo
Painting - 33 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$257
Jerusalem
Ludwig Viktor Krämer
Painting - 76 x 131 x 0.2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 51.6 x 0.1 inch
$10,493
Bread and fruits
Nina Stenshinskaya
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,500
Dr. Smith and The Unknown Sense, Old Asylum, Jackson, Mississippi, 1925
Noah Saterstrom
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Painting - 30 x 40 inch
$6,000
The painter's house
Mariana MeryMax
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$279
To meet the nightflower
Hans Innemée
Painting - 35 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,902
Sour cherries in my garden
Ignata Vasileva
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,242
Village dans les vignes
Michel Jouenne
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,479
Parallel lives, Painting, Oil on canvas
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 3 inch
$6,200
Le chapelier de l'intérieur
Jacques Kedochim
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$8,372
Very large still life with sterling
Gregory Hull
Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 inch
$6,448
Les couleurs flamboyantes
Noro Rajaoson
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$429
The Farmhouse
Jacques Ivane-Millérioux
Painting - 32.7 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting - 12.9 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$380
Another Valentine
Karen Woods
Painting - 40.64 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting - 16 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$6,242
To embrace the presence I am
Juan Carlos Navarro
Painting - 100 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
$9,715
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Christos Antonaropoulos
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$24,111
Sky blue water II
Daniel McKinley
Painting - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$21,209
Still Life With Red Scarf
Helene Halstuch
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 3.3 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1.3 inch
$5,700
Cassowary Aborigines
Robert Dzwonkowski
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,126
Bouquet de fleurs
Jean-Pierre Pophilat
Painting - 71 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,358
3 figures, 2 umbrellas
Steven Boksenbaum
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.6 inch
$200
Loci guardian of a place
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,140
A la renverse
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,353
Fenêtre sur la liberté Freedom Window
KIM Joo-young
Painting - 115 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$16,632
Pekingese Family of Dogs
Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi
Painting - 70 x 101 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.8 x 0.2 inch
$7,814
Electric Tulip II
Lowell Nesbitt
Painting - 213.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 84 x 60 x 1 inch
$80,000
Summer Landscape
Alexandar Assenov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,907
Incandescent
John Belingheri
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.16 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 inch
$28,473
Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht
Eugeny Chalakoff
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,487
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Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,126
Sailing ships - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$279
Dawn over the lake
Dawid Zdobylak
Painting - 75 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,567
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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
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,005 $854
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
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
$1,451
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.