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Abstract-180 Happy Mind
Nivas Kanhere
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1 inch
$4,200
Abstract-182 On Voyage of Highness
Nivas Kanhere
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1 inch
$4,200
Red Portrait III
Ihar Barkhatkou
Painting - 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$6,727
La laitière revisitée
Catherine Clare
Painting - 92 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,466
Femme à l'éventail, jardin au bord du Nil
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,803
Boats under the moon n°2 - Southern Italy painting
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$476
Inner space Contemporary still life
Giulnara Khabibulina
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$15,695
Abstract Urban Sunset
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$480
Rêver à la lune
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$886
Al mare. From the Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch
$2,500
Tramonto. From the Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch
$2,500
Love and tenderness. Lions
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$673
Birch forest study V
Helen Brough
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,091
Booknote 7. From The Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 24 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.45 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,300
Lilies pond
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$900
Movement of the night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$900
Bathing in the sun
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
Summer greenery
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Yellow mood
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,100
Désert sign Bleu X1
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Purple Medusa
Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi
Painting - 127 x 79 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 31.1 x 1.2 inch
$33,465
Memories of Sofia
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,177
Little jewel of Tuscany n°3 - Italy painting & handmade frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 15 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$409
Little jewel of Tuscany n°4 - Italy painting & handmade frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 15 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$409
Anthurium avec orange
Duda Moraes
Painting - 195 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$8,072
Future city. Abstract world
Schagen Vita
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
Messages from the universe
Emily Starck
Painting - 58 x 51 x 0.1 cm Painting - 22.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,009
Infinito -Serie, Nos vemos en el Azul-
Esther Aragon
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,626
Calma -Serie, Nos vemos en el Azul-
Esther Aragon
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$897
Calma nocturna -Serie, Nos vemos en el Azul-
Esther Aragon
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$897
Mitologías -Serie, Nos vemos en el Azul-
Esther Aragon
Painting - 65 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$897
From the series Ecology of soul and nature I
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,682
We are all martyrs (3) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (12)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 150 x 135 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 53.1 x 0 inch
$6,996
City Mini Break
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,237
Life, Death, and Tulips
Lena Applebaum
Painting - 180 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$9,943
I Can Bring An Explosion
Julia Swaby
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$594
Hiding Places - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
Shindig - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
Special one - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
Couple - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
Timeless Elegance
Hrach Baghdasaryan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$199
Fruitful Elegance
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$600
Capacity For Grief
Katherine Filice
Painting - 182.9 x 111.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 72 x 44 x 1.5 inch
$6,278
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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.