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Main Droite-Main Gauche
Patopalomo
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$3,621 $3,259
The One Who Dropped off the Moon
Christina Schwermer
Painting - 55 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
$453
Baybayin: Napakaganda (Very Beautiful)
Bless Parco Rodriguez
Painting - 24 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$554
Le bouquet de maman !
Noël Granger
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,018 $917
Fantasy Jejuisland - Island Girl Story
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 130.3 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 51.3 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$11,316
Le chant de l'ombre
Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet
Painting - 105 x 155 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.2 inch
$6,790
Run through the jungle
Nicolaï
Painting - 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,395 $3,055
Na de Grote Brand (After the Great Fire)
Tom Liekens
Painting - 200 x 280 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 110.2 x 1.2 inch
$19,238
In God We Trust
George Maskharashvili
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,998
Fondu couleur doré bleu pourpre
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur or algue marine
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu nuance noir blanc
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur or gris irisé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur blanc rose
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur or vert bleu irisé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur rose violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur cuivre magenta violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur chaleureux
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur jaune marron
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Fondu couleur argent bleu gris
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$181
Éclat argent vert
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$226
UK Queen Elisabeth on #Artvoyou
JP Malot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$339
Le rectangle noir
Noël Granger
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$4,300 $3,870
Coucher de soleil sur les voiles... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,169
Shoot the bank Back From Berlin 2011
JP Malot
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,490
Stormtrooper pow Hors série N°4
JP Malot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$339
New York by bicycle
Noël Granger
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$566 $509
Walk in the streets of New York
Noël Granger
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$566 $509
Les vieux grognards
Pierre Barillot
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,169
Gotibaco
Stefano Mazzolini
Painting - 150 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,395 $3,055
Liseuse en rouge
Élisabeth Gineste (Sitelle)
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$509
Liseuse dans un intérieur rouge
Élisabeth Gineste (Sitelle)
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$481
Stormtrooper (real street paper N°2
JP Malot
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$283
Vaguely Distant
Marian Williams
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,829
Eyes of the soul
João Almeida (xUEkA)
Painting - 94 x 94 x 3.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1.4 inch
$1,697
Healing Greenland, Chunja-Go
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 145.5 x 112 x 4 cm Painting - 57.3 x 44.1 x 1.6 inch
$6,337
REF 3-21 -Composition n° 12
Jeanne
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$815
Graffiti Extraction N°3
Papa Mesk
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,942 $2,501
Multi Mesk / Airbrush Session N°1
Papa Mesk
Painting - 81 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,829
Presentiment-IX
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$181 $163
Presentiment-VIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$170 $153
Presentiment-III
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$170 $153
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Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.