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Into the valley
Ingegerd K Westin
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,976
Openness to vulnerability
Rhett Boland
Painting - 92 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$4,294
Les valses pluvieuses de Jérusalem
Elena Hohlov
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,074
Nature Morte aux Sardines
Constantin Terechkovitch
Painting - 39 x 47 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.4 x 18.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,144
Bouquet rose et la canne au pommeau d'argent
Jean Verdier
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,041
Campagne genevoise
Louis Rheiner
Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,235
Meares and Cook Victoria
James Gordaneer
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,900
Provence : Village d’Aurel
Olivier Boissinot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Rue de Mogador
Claude Volkenstein
Painting - 82 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,120
La danseuse au tutu rose
Charles De Ziegler
Painting - 80 x 63.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25 x 0.8 inch
$652
Bord du Lac Léman et Vue sur le Jura
Josef FAVRE
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$744
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,258
Nature morte aux épis de maïs
Piero Poraccia
Painting - 50 x 69.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,258
Paesaggio di Romagna
Giannino Marchig
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,059
Route de San Remo, mioli attelage
Arthur Jean Baptiste Calame
Painting - 22 x 32 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,133
Livorno Retoni Sull'Arnaccio
Angiolo Volpe
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,162
Place de Naples animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 38 x 22.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch
$915
Le pont de l'Alma, Paris
Sergio Telles
Painting - 57 x 78.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22.4 x 30.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,059
Cochon noir
Jean-Philippe Escafre
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,262
Hanuman monkey
Raminta Blazeviciute - Mozuraitiene
Painting - 111 x 71 x 2 cm Painting - 43.7 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$701
Les pins incines-Anzère
Guy Bardone
Painting - 50.5 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.9 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Coquelicots et lavande dans le Lubéron - série Paysage impressioniste
Monique Laville
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,659
Sea swell n*1 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$679
Untitled WVZ 661 yellow
Dirk Rathke
Painting - 41.9 x 69.9 x 6.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 27.5 x 2.4 inch
$3,500
Danse des flamants roses
Jean-Jacques Abieniste
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.6 inch
$744
Paysage enneigé
E. Perrenoud-Monnier
Painting - 27 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$824
Bateau à marée basse 2
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$679
La petite maison grise
Giuseppe Zago
Painting - 55.5 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$881
Nature morte au képi, épée et uniforme
Hermann Haller
Painting - 69.5 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 27.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Paysage au bord du lac
A. Augsburger
Painting - 46 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$675
Fête de village avec ramasseur de broussailles
Alexandre Marcette
Painting - 74 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch
$766
Nature morte aux livres et à la pipe
S. Pagani
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$789
1981 Un Title N° 2 Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea
Kwan Soo PARK
Painting - 73 x 91 x 0.3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch
$5,598
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venise
Giuseppe Milto
Painting - 26.5 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$801
Paysage d'Avusy, Genève
Andrée Malval Desbaillets
Painting - 60 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch
$755
FONTANA Hommage Tribute
Yoo HA SONG
Painting - 132 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 52 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,410
Paysans au bord de l'étang
V. Attanasi
Painting - 36.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 14.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$686
Paysage de collines avec pâturage
Marguerite MASSIP
Painting - 53 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,144
Mère et enfant
Pierre Ernest Kohl
Painting - 38.5 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$698
Horizon l'étoile (Douce volupté songe du sage)
Alexis Alary
Painting - 146 x 226 x 1 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89 x 0.4 inch
$5,202
Nature morte aux fruits et pichet vert
Georges Duval
Painting - 60.5 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$995
Nature morte
Nicolas Roumiantzeff
Painting - 38.5 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,144
Vue de Cologny, Genève
Charles Felix Appenzeller
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,064
Personnages Orientaux devant la statue Diane
Charles Andréani
Painting - 65 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,659
Poissons, citron et cuivre
Jules Jacques Olivier De Cocquerel
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,487
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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.