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Looking for Paradise
Silvia Rossi
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,236
Take me home tonight 7
Luca Brandi
Painting - 61 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,278
Prélude… (La tête dans les nuages)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,648
Noir lumière
Damienne Valentin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch
CHF 824
Coulures d'Orsay (original painting 2014)
JP Malot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 6,179
In to the Charm
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 978
Couleurs des champs…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,030
Fleurs des champs…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,545
A moment of calm
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 55 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,145
Through clown's eyes
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.8 inch
CHF 806
Sakura... (Souvenirs du sud)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,370
Les couleurs de l'esprit
Alain Somma
Painting - 60 x 81 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.7 inch
CHF 772
Régate à l'horizon... II (Paysage abstrait 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,030
Ciel d'été... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,751
Passion en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,751
Horizon d'été... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,751
Les mâts du soleil levant... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,648
Les voiliers de l'aurore... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,936
Morning (series lotus)
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 64.8 x 134.9 x 3 cm Painting - 25.5 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,802
Portrait d'un jeune agriculteur gersinois
Pierre Prèneron
Painting - 93.5 x 64 x 1 cm Painting - 36.8 x 25.2 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,854
The dark side of the conscience
Bruno Hoopka
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch
CHF 2,471
Fairies amongst the foxgloves
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 55 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,145
Brûler dans tes yeux
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
CHF 875
Heaven and hell
Nigel Forbes Moores
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
CHF 3,965
Cœur de châtaignier (ça pique)
Ben
Painting - 86 x 46 x 8.5 cm Painting - 33.9 x 18.1 x 3.3 inch
CHF 14,417
Winter's Womb
Brooke Noel Morgan
Painting - 178 x 136 x 0.1 cm Painting - 70.1 x 53.5 x 0 inch
CHF 7,589
Cité interdite
Rose Passalboni
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 4,737
Fallout boy
Uros Nedeljkovic
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
CHF 2,986
Closet monsters
Uros Nedeljkovic
Painting - 130 x 180 x 2.4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.9 inch
CHF 4,634
Conjur Man
Luka Tsetskhladze
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 1,236
Love
Alexander (Sandro) Antadze
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,060
Soviet Phone
Alexander (Sandro) Antadze
Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,648
Green Phone
Alexander (Sandro) Antadze
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,060
Circle lost in lines
Bruno Hoopka
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1 inch
CHF 3,501
Freedom in confinement
Imogen Hope
Painting - 55 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,729
Movement in confinement
Imogen Hope
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,647
Abstraction
Jean-Charles Gautier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 700
Abstraction vert
Jean-Charles Gautier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 700
Romantic dance,”It was a blur !
Wayne Floyd
Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,028
Picasso kissing face
Odin Pigelet
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 360
Musiciennes en temps de Covid
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,060
Bright and glowing
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,145
A place of calm
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,145
Giovanna d'Arco
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 14 x 9 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.5 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
CHF 80
Take A Chance
Karen Elizabeth Branco
Painting - 60.96 x 91.44 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 0.7 inch
CHF 2,152
Elephant's power
Christos Patargias
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,306
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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.
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.
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.
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.