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Tropical Coral Reef Painting Original Ocean Art
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
La ville ascensionnée
Isabelle Duffaud
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
The baby Panda loves Pop Art
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,900
Embracing Imperfections
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€773 €695
Minimal Forms 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€628
Minimal Forms 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€628 €565
April evening near the poplar
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€6,500
Minecraft - Child Labor Edition
Arlo Sinclair
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,695
Woman in a museum
Schagen Vita
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,700 €2,160
Full moon on the lake
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€676
Street lights
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Autumn Symphony
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,835
Last rays of the sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€966
Among the mountains
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,835
Evening in the mountains
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€1,159
Before the rain
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 55 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 1 inch
€1,352
Golden shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,545
Tree of Life
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,139
Smell of spring
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1 inch
€1,429
Red moon time
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,448
Evening Garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,352
Smell of spring
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1 inch
€869
In the shade of trees
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€1,545
Spring garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 1 inch
€1,545
Evening regatta
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,400
Before the storm
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,448
Booknote 8. From The Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 24 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.45 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,835
Shine of space
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,642
Lumière du soir II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Atinuke (Precious From Birth)
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,138
Om mani padme hum
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
Vase of Velveteen Roses
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,062
Cœur de dragon
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€690
La Course
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,280
Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 49.7 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 15 x 0.2 inch
€1,053
A Pulp Fiction pop art tribute
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,900
L'amour en bleu
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
Victoria horkan
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,122
On the other side
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,318
Le maître des forces de la nature
Bengt Lindström
Painting - 180 x 194 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 76.4 x 0.8 inch
€65,000
Brooklyn Bridge
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Ventana. Marisol
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,800
French Riviera, turquoise horizon
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Seascape blue minimalism - Sunset, skyline, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Blue skyline - 3D, ocean, water wave, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Turquoise seascape - 3D Seascape, ocean, water gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
French Riviera, Marine, seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
From the series "Infinite Flight" gold, yellow, black large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€2,000
Exploration de l'absolu
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Impermanence 15-2023
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
White Flower / Fleur Blanche
Vinciane Closset
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,550
Taylor Swift at Parisian Gallery Opening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€195 €137
Autumn Fairy Tale
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,152
Fabulous San Sebastián
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€4,152
Inspired by Monet Flowers in a vase
Elena Lukina
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Behind the Sunglasses
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€531
Diptych Bless you!
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,300 €1,105
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Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€1,495 €897
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,159
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€966
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
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.