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Carré Bleu sur Jaune Vert Bleu
Ye Xing-Qian
Painting - 60 x 60 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$9,619
Femme dans la lumière
Abraham Dayan
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
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
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
$1,358
Combat de coq, le duel
Jean Vodaine
Painting - 81 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$6,790
Vue sur le lac dans les hauteurs de Vully
William Victor Aubert
Painting - 75 x 100.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,145
Meadow in the light of afternoon
Ingrid Knaus
Painting - 70.1 x 70.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,150
Rebel without a cause
Josh One
Painting - 147 x 98 x 4.5 cm Painting - 57.9 x 38.6 x 1.8 inch
$2,150
Dear Forgiveness I saved a plate for you
Elaine B. Chao
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.2 inch
$1,471
La vague joyeuse
Jean-Claude Barthel
Painting - 24 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$136
Donna alla fontana
Salvatore Cippone
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Promenade d'automne
Edouard BAUD
Painting - 38.5 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.2 x 12 x 0.2 inch
$1,141
Gondoles sur la lagune et vue sur Venise
Carlo Vason
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,042
Bouquet aux fleurs jaunes
Marius Chambaz
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,168
Nature morte à la pomme
Fernand Blondin
Painting - 26.5 x 34.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.4 x 13.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,768
Nature morte aux fruits
Willy James Rochat
Painting - 16 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,369
Vue de campagne animée
Marc Proessel
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,141
Bouquet de fleurs
Hans Gartmeier
Painting - 51 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,027
Campagne Brésilienne
Washington Maguetas
Painting - 44.5 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting - 17.5 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,495
Rue animée à Montmartre, Paris
Simon Kramer
Painting - 48 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 15 x 0.2 inch
$1,666
Les Toits De Sozopol
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,207
Concerto d'un Cadinal accompagné de moines
P. Dietrich
Painting - 69 x 98 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 38.6 x 1 inch
$2,133
By The Blue Water
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,754
Pride or prejudice
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Octopus's Garden
Joe Flaherty
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 4.6 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 inch
$3,357
The currency of sleep training gimmicks
Hilary Tait Norod
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$2,200
Vieil homme à la pipe
Louis Granata
Painting - 32 x 23 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,811
The latent desire
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,500
La route est longue pour Gibraltar
Antonio Almodovar
Painting - 46 x 38 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 inch
$1,188
Paysage de Palmsprings
Bill Hager
Painting - 30.5 x 40.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$1,164
Time Flies but Memory Stays
Adha Widayansah
Painting - 75 x 60 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 inch
$1,540
Paysage animé à Ischia
Mario Cortiello
Painting - 19.5 x 25.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.7 x 10 x 0.2 inch
$1,015
Television Antenna
Domenico Purificato
Painting - 35.6 x 25.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14 x 10 x 0 inch
$566
Baie de Naples et pêcheurs
Scognamiglio
Painting - 24 x 27.5 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 10.8 x 0.8 inch
$764
Firenze Cortile del Bargello
Enrico Bianchini
Painting - 41 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,008
Allégorie du havre
Juliane Blasquez
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,188
Paysage campagnard
Albert Jakob Welti
Painting - 40.5 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.9 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,118
Shadow on concrete
Polina Izvekova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,867
Colours of the Pain
Kubra Aliyeva
Painting - 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,150
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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.