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Rue du Pot de Fer, Vieux Paris
Fritz Strebel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,018
Paysage de la campagne genevoise et du Jura
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 50 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$663
1961 Champs Urbanisme Fields
Gérard Singer
Painting - 33 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,177
Butterfly Bone
Nestan Mikeladze
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,135
They are watching us
Carolina Gynning
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,863
Lavandière bretonne
Marguerita Pillini
Painting - 40 x 24.5 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inch
$686
The Joy 1971 La Joie
Jan Cornelis Van holthe
Painting - 28 x 11 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11 x 4.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,060
Childbirth - Accouchement
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$391
January 01, No. 2
Paul Lorenz
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 3 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 1.2 inch
$2,456 $2,087
Portrait- Where is The Way
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$51,683 $43,931
Believe Yourself Smart
Armando Orfeo
Painting - 50 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,340
Piazza del Popolo
Alessandro Battaglia
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,563
Nature morte aux paniers d'osier
Pierre Jouffroy
Painting - 60 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,590
A travers les pins aux abords d'Agay
Paul-Jean Gervais
Painting - 19 x 27 x 1 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$791
DON’T LOOK AT ME : UNSEEN ELEGANCE
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 50 x 67 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 26.4 x 2 inch
$2,233
Druid forests 11.7
Milly Martionou
Painting - 180 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$30,698
Wild Summer Hullabaloo
Angie Wright
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,990
Bleu du ciel et de la mer
Hervé Robin
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
$1,340
Paris, vue sur les jardins de la Tour Eiffel
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Somewhere Beyond the Wind
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,302
A child's Love
Sariah Anne Manning
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,326
The Charles Bridge in Pragu
Bohuslav Slansky
Painting - 56 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 22 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,786
Rome from the Pincio
Mario Evangelisti
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,340
Carrefour de Rive un jour de pluie, Genève
Herbert Theurillat
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Personnages devant la mosquée
André Pettinerolli
Painting - 50 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch
$686
Carré Bleu sur Jaune Vert Bleu
Ye Xing-Qian
Painting - 60 x 60 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$9,488
Untitled
Moko Khachatryan
Painting - 197 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 77.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,907 $3,438
Femme dans la lumière
Abraham Dayan
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Everywhere No. 2021004
Cheryl Johnson
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.5 inch
$5,585
The violinistt and his furry friend
Yulia Dvoiris
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$700
Thermal vision
Anton Pedos
Painting - 150 x 250 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 98.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,460 $2,941
Rue de Mogador
Claude Volkenstein
Painting - 82 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,105
Rebel without a cause
Josh One
Painting - 147 x 98 x 4.5 cm Painting - 57.9 x 38.6 x 1.8 inch
$2,121
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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.