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José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,643
Toro de nimes
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$9,516
Fuenteovejuna
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,745
It's Not You...It's Me
Heather Millar
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,025
Diamond Dust Bunny (Original Contemporary Oil on Canvas)
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 27.9 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm Painting - 11 x 9 x 0.5 inch
$8,750
Water Lilies
Serhii Cerniakovskyi
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,541
Coast Nusa Penida
Serhii Cerniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,766
Lauterbrunnen valley
Serhii Cerniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,434
Hallstatt Lake
Serhii Cerniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,545
Street in Santorini
Serhii Cerniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,098
Portrait of Nobody
Keti Bubunauri
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,532
Luciano Pavarotti - Rigoletto
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$12,000
The Change Journey
Dessi Vitcheva
Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,383
Heart white - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D plaster
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,873
Amor on White- Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D gold on plaster
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,873
Love gold - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D plaster
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,873
Infinito Abbandono
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,766
End Lunar Effect Gianluca Fascetto, Italy,
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,434
Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk Ostrog. Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,983
Landscape18
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,450
Landscape 6
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,000
Landscape 10
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,400
Mountains river
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Autumn storm
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,500
Heaven in a Wild Flower
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 170 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,979
Mother Nature
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,541
Sometimes, I fall asleep and I don’t know where I am
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,873
Les deux amies
Thérèse Boucraut
Painting - 100 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,426
On those beautiful summer days
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 70 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,850
Modern Borrowed Scenery Daiso 2
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 60.6 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 23.9 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,987
Modern Borrowed Scenery DAISO
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 60.6 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 23.9 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,987
No one will catch me
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 89.9 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$400
Conspirators, you saying it's me?
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Painting - 100 x 178 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,455
Lungo il canale olio su tela
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,217
Geo campi di grano
Alessandra Bisi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,494
La Maison sur la Plage
Michaël Brack
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,217
Le Jardin en Fleur
Volodymyr Kolesnyk
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$4,537
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Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,328
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
The ballet friends
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,213
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.