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![Painting, Descalça per casa, Alicia Grau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211756_1_grid.jpg)
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Le concert champêtre - Musique et orchestre en plein air
Claude Frégère
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,390
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Abstract Floral Field
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$750
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Birch Forest IV small
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,166
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Majestic Companions
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,300
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Stylish woman with red lips
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
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Vista Ruscello
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,579
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Compra en el mercadillo
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 54 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
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In the heart of Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$280
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Walensee. Impression of Heidiland.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,457 $1,166
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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
$1,161
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
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My Skin Colour... Gift or Curse?
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
$1,650 $1,485
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Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,803
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Silent Conversations
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,950 $1,755
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L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,466
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Sun Shall Rise Again
Alabi Azeez
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,950 $1,755
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Narodni trida, Prague
Ivan Klymenko
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,410
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Escape trajectory variation 20
Kim Atlin
Painting - 102 x 99 x 6 cm Painting - 40.2 x 39 x 2.4 inch
$2,214
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Cerisier dans la Roche
Corine Lescop
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,457
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Les deux amies II
Thérèse Boucraut
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,606
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Allégorie du mensonge
Alain Carron
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,083
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Baie de Naples et pêcheurs
Roberto Scognamiglio
Painting - 24 x 27.5 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 10.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,044
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Le ruisseau de Pombie - série Paysage et montagne
Robert Magendie Malo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
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Composition abstraite
Marcel Mouly
Painting - 35 x 33.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.1 x 0 inch
$13,453
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Flowers in an antique vase
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 5 x 5 x 2 cm Painting - 2 x 2 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
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Once Upon A Time
Naomi Oyeniyi
Painting - 71.1 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 40 x 1 inch
$1,650 $1,485
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Bastide en Provence
Bernard Buffet
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$109,868
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Floral harmony - Italian painting
Bruno Tinucci
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$589
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What Lies Beneath
Julie Edwards
Painting - 91.44 x 76.2 x 2.032 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
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Arbre de vie red sky
Jean-francois Larrieu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$15,695
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Harlequin Mystique
Lilith Gurekhyan
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
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La fleur au fusil
Izabeau Jousse
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,475
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Two Persons in Sunglasses
Noah Becker
Painting - 122 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,950
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Nostalgic Horse Toys
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
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Empêcher que le monde ne se défasse
Jean-Roch Klethi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$964
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Dans les collines
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$2,915
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Vue sur le Jura Suisse
Eugène Louis Martin
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,556
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13. Campervan seen from the water
Peter de Boer
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
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Biagio Chiesi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$689
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Pathway Through Paradise
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$700
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Valses des Roses
Maria Mikileva
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$2,130
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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.