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Le ciel sans limite
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€2,480
Village dans la vallée
Peltzer Marc
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
Golden meteorites 2 in 3D - stars, skylights, gold leaf, gilding, plaster, objects
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
Par dessus les grillages 3
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 100 x 130 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 inch
€4,200
Dawn of Seongsan
Ahn Sung Kyu
Painting - 72.7 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 28.6 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
€4,000 €3,400
Jessica Rabbit
Patrice Murciano
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Quelques fruits gourmands et amitie?
Youngmi Kim
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€450
Farewell to Venice - Old Italy Belle Epoque painting & frame
Francesco Tammaro
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€650
Paris at Cafè - Old France Belle Epoque painting & frame
Francesco Tammaro
Painting - 20 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€550
Sea sunset swell n*5 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€635
Freshly Mown Pasture
Mehran Rashidfarokhy
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch
€734
Gulf Island Arbutus
Linda Yurgensen
Painting - 45.7 x 58.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 18 x 23 x 1.5 inch
€752
Canal Grande - Venice cityscape painting
Biagio Chiesi
Painting - 30 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€275
Campanile San Giorgio - Venice sunset painting
Biagio Chiesi
Painting - 30 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€275
Vedo (Altrove)
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 46.5 x 30.5 x 1 cm Painting - 18.3 x 12 x 0.4 inch
€490 €441
Nos allures sages
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 34 x 27 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.4 x 10.6 x 0.6 inch
€900
Lua + Juliette
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 39 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.4 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch
€1,300
Vampire Alla Prima
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 30 x 21 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.6 inch
€820
Houses among sunflowers - Tuscany painting & frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€375
The Lullaby Of The New Moon
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Bleasure 6 (The Converse Man)
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 inch
€4,374
Paysage instantané #2
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€3,700
Bleasure 5 (House of Cards)
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 121.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€3,159
I Brought You the Blessing of Love
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
Yesterday Future 4 (The Complicated Lady)
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 182.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 72 x 72 x 1 inch
€4,860
Night street
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€486
Donkey Kong: Nature's Revenge - NES
Arlo Sinclair
Painting - 70.1 x 70.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€2,620
Atari CX40: Joystick Driver Disk - 3.5" Grey
Arlo Sinclair
Painting - 70.1 x 70.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€2,620
Head of Daphne in Green (triptych)
Reinar Foreman
Painting - 35 x 105 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Head of Daphne in Blue (triptych)
Reinar Foreman
Painting - 35 x 105 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Pink lilies
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€875
Lilies pond
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€875
Blue mountains
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€875
Living in the Moment of Peace 2
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,916
At the river
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€875
Twinkling moon
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€875
Pink sunset by the river
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,850
Water lilies
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€875
Summer evening
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€875
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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
€1,166
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€972
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
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
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
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.