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![Painting, Libre, Cecile Gonne Victoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1564005_1_grid.jpg)
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Cornflower carnival
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.5 inch
€1,100
![Painting, Unspoken Tales of Pansy Petals, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988829_1_grid.jpg)
Unspoken Tales of Pansy Petals
Olga McNamara
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.5 inch
€1,900
![Painting, Celestial Spring Ensemble, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952709_1_grid.jpg)
Celestial Spring Ensemble
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,150
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Mustang in the sky
Catherine Clare
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€1,400 €1,260
![Painting, Snow party in the Champs Elysée, Tharwet Kamoun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1792476_1_grid.jpg)
Snow party in the Champs Elysée
Tharwet Kamoun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,200
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Tableau abstrait eaux souterraines
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€750
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Tableau abstrait acrylique Renouveau
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€750
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Tableau abstrait moderne Pompéi
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 40 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€610
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Danseuse de flamenco 2
Tharwet Kamoun
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
€1,000
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Sunset Silhouettes
Juliana Haggoo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
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Triptyque silhouettes d’arbres
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 122 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 48 x 0.6 inch
€330 €281
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Good old Schnitze
Brigitte Witzer
Painting - 133 x 186 x 0.3 cm Painting - 52.4 x 73.2 x 0.1 inch
€14,500
![Painting, Roter Gesang - red song, Brigitte Witzer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168746_1_grid.jpg)
Roter Gesang - red song
Brigitte Witzer
Painting - 210 x 230 x 0.1 cm Painting - 82.7 x 90.6 x 0 inch
€15,400
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Kaukasischer Gesang - Song of Kaukasus
Brigitte Witzer
Painting - 160 x 240 x 0.1 cm Painting - 63 x 94.5 x 0 inch
€12,600
![Painting, Aqua Inferno: A Dance of Opposites, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952700_1_grid.jpg)
Aqua Inferno: A Dance of Opposites
Olga McNamara
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€3,000
![Painting, London elegance, Tharwet Kamoun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138076_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tableau acrylique contemporain célèbre Entre deux mondes, Julien Abstrait](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1623234_1_grid.jpg)
Tableau acrylique contemporain célèbre Entre deux mondes
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 50 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€18,000
![Painting, Moments of Gold and Turquoise: Ephemeral Daffodils, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988895_1_grid.jpg)
Moments of Gold and Turquoise: Ephemeral Daffodils
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Moonlit Midnight Bouquet, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952712_1_grid.jpg)
Moonlit Midnight Bouquet
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,550
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Party in the Champs Elysees 3
Tharwet Kamoun
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1 inch
€800
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Osiris, Anubis, Horus
Catherine Clare
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
![Painting, Offrande du Pharaon suivi du Dieu Thot, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942824_1_grid.jpg)
Offrande du Pharaon suivi du Dieu Thot
Catherine Clare
Painting - 114 x 96 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 37.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,200 €2,880
![Painting, Horus conduit la Reine Nefertari, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942767_1_grid.jpg)
Horus conduit la Reine Nefertari
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
![Painting, Femme Africaine, Tharwet Kamoun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1447656_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Symphony of Scarlet (miniature), Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952706_1_grid.jpg)
A Symphony of Scarlet (miniature)
Olga McNamara
Painting - 25 x 25 x 4 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch
€200
![Painting, Ethereal Pansy Gardens, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952697_1_grid.jpg)
Ethereal Pansy Gardens
Olga McNamara
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€3,700
![Painting, The Blossoming of My Beliefs, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952688_1_grid.jpg)
The Blossoming of My Beliefs
Olga McNamara
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
€3,800
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Flowers in a White Vase
Olga McNamara
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
![Painting, Rhetorical Question, Olga McNamara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1950393_1_grid.jpg)
Rhetorical Question
Olga McNamara
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,700
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La barque solaire
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,300 €2,070
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Tableau abstrait acrylique Ébène
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€100
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Tableau décoratif Invasion
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€100
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Peinture acrylique sur toile Attraction
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€230
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Tableau original bleu violet La faille
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€430
![Painting, Tableau abstrait design asiatique Samouraï, Julien Abstrait](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1678158_1_grid.jpg)
Tableau abstrait design asiatique Samouraï
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€230
![Painting, Tableau acrylique contemporain Bleu infini, Julien Abstrait](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626243_1_grid.jpg)
Tableau acrylique contemporain Bleu infini
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
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Peinture acrylique moderne Exotique
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
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Tableau abstrait acrylique Mars
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
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Peinture abstraite contemporaine Dans l'ombre
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€430
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Tableau abstrait acrylique Améthyste
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€70
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Tableau acrylique Blizzard
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€70
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Tableau acrylique Douce ivresse
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€70
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Palette knife painting for Sale
The painting knife, or palette knife, as it is often called, has been a part of painters' tools for many centuries. Originally, it wasn't used to apply paint or to produce impastos but to mix pigments, to superimpose one layer of paint over another to modify it appearance or to remove excess paint from the canvas. Consisting of a curved handle and a flexible steel blade, its shape is comparable to that of a small trowel. It was during the Renaissance that the palette knife began to be used for something other than its original purpose and that artists started to use it to paint. Before that, painters sought to create a realistic and therefore smooth result. But artists such as Rembrandt, Titian or Fragonard noticed that scraping paint to create impasto helped to create eye-catching texture, relief and light.
Gustave Courbet is well-known for having brought palette knives back into fashion in the 19th century, a pivotal period when the art of painting, and art in general, underwent many changes and transformations. He was followed by the Impressionists and the modern painters (Monet, Van Gogh, Turner, etc) who used it to create thick impastos. Impressionists were particularly keen on this tool which was well-suited to the way in which they sought to represent light realistically, as our eyes see it. The invention of the easel and paint tubes allowed them to leave their workshops and to paint outside, enabling them to depict the shimmering reflections of water and the ever changing nature. They applied paint quickly in small thin strokes on the canvas and created texture using the knife. To create this effect, they used oil paint and acrylic, working them as little as possible so as to ensure their thick, dense appearance.
On Artsper, find works by Richard Dubure, Martta Weg and Ryan Hewett who all use the palette knife in unique ways in their practice!