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Composition abstraite
Lison Favarger
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,373
Fleurs et pommes
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 56 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 22 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,131
Du côté de Paimpol (Série)
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 50 x 65 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,696
Fleurs fanées
Alexandre Rochat
Painting - 26.5 x 22 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,133
Morning preparations
Victor Sheleg
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$10,743
La Belle Tpv
Laurence Hubswerlin Diradourian
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$2,126
Night in Paris Nuit 1966 Danser le Kazatchok Dancing II
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 26 x 31 cm Painting - 10.2 x 12.2 inch
$2,205
Composition
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 60 x 49 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,144
Ukrainian still life
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 89.9 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,450
Autumn in carpatian
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 89.9 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$2,750
White Shadow
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,950
Sinding across the water
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,950
The mystery of roses
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 69.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,850
Ruisseau dans la neige
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,470
Corail 1988 Coral
Catherine Reboul Berlioz
Painting - 14 x 9.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 3.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,125
Océan profond 1988 Ocean deepness
Catherine Reboul Berlioz
Painting - 14 x 9.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.5 x 3.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,125
Sienna Boire 1989 Drink
Catherine Reboul Berlioz
Painting - 14 x 9.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.5 x 3.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,125
Bord de mer 1988 Seaside
Catherine Reboul Berlioz
Painting - 14 x 9.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 3.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,125
Symphonie sienne 1987 Sienna symphony
Catherine Reboul Berlioz
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,205
Even if it doesn’t look like it
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,294
Here Is Where We Meet (for John Berger)
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 76 x 102 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 inch
$4,500
Parmi Les Congères
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 35 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,036
Paysage avec un Pont
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,357
Paysage avec un Banc
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,262
Fragments of poetry and silence no. 39
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 76 x 102 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 inch
$4,500
Paysage du Tarn Lavaur
Agnès Cellérier
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$828
SKZ Student Painting Storage Box Number 964
Dan Levenson
Painting - 50 x 25 x 36 cm Painting - 19.7 x 9.8 x 14.2 inch
$25,500
Paysage avec Maison Jaune
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,696
Cloudy... No precipitation
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 25 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 9.8 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,583
Verdure au port - Canto, Cannes
Claude Schürr
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$9,613
Ombres et Lumières sur le Quercy
Thérèse Bosc
Painting - 130 x 100 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 inch
$2,759
Red Roof Triptych
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 30 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
$792
Impression d'Afrique 2
László Mester de Parajd
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,086
Code bitume
László Mester de Parajd
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,809
ASUKA1 : ETHEREAL ALLURE ON A WHISPERING GREEN CANVAS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch
$5,654
Le sacre du printemps
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 190 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,527
Hue, Saturation and Lightness, Painting wall installations.
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 129.8 x 38.9 x 2.8 cm Painting - 51.1 x 15.3 x 1.1 inch
$1,800
La Maison de Jeanne
Georges R. Quinio
Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,262
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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.
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.
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.
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.