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Le ciel safran
Patricia Ritschard
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
Please do not be alarmed at my appearance !
Pablo Dalas
Painting - 116 x 89 x 5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 2 inch
$2,046
La Langue des Stones
Richard Boigeol
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$13,641
Architecture
Bernadette Broussal
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,080
Village de pêcheurs
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$710
Danse sur le vieux monde
Robillard Puvinel
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
The end of the dream will be when it matters
Mathias Schmied
Painting - 108 x 114 cm Painting - 42.5 x 44.9 inch
$7,957
Asylum - my place
Teresa Kluszczynska
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,046
Chansons improvisées
Gilvan Bezerril
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,591
Paul auster in New York
Tarek X Mat Elbé
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,819
Notre Dame des couleurs
Alexandre Petrus
Painting - 92 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,819
Le faiseur de rosée
Philippe Loubat
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,250
Abstract equations
Nyornuwofia Agorsor
Painting - 119.4 x 119.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 47 x 47 x 2 inch
$4,400
Mostra Abstract Chromatism in Round Shape
Ferruccio Gard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$15,915
Chênes du désert près de Kunkayunti
Benita Multa Napurrula
Painting - 133 x 62 cm Painting - 52.4 x 24.4 inch
$1,023
Fiesta en Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame
Edalinda Perez Velazquez
Painting - 51 x 72 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 28.3 x 1.6 inch
$900
La dame au petard
Salam Moneyang
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,046
The color cleanser no. 21
Hiroshi Mehata
Painting - 91 x 117 x 2.6 cm Painting - 35.8 x 46.1 x 1 inch
$15,233
Bô krik 2 - Abstraction intuitive
Jacqueline Faubert
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$142
Obehi (Hand of God)
Barnabas Macauley
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,200
Visitors to the museum
Paraskevas Papadopoulos
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$14,216
Nwanne la Nwanne (Sisters)
Franklin Ndibam
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,504
Promenons-nous !
Loup Y-Es-Tu ? Little Chaperon
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,023
The Life of a Drop of Water
Isabelle Vougny
Painting - 70 x 70 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$2,728
Forest of dot, line, face time and space #2
Taehun Kwon
Painting - 90 x 65.1 x 2.7 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,030
Accordéoniste 2000 Accordionist
Catherine Ravard
Painting - 33 x 41 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,217
Without title (Broken Reality)
Carlos Puyol
Painting - 160 x 105 x 0.5 cm Painting - 63 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch
$5,229
Tingari Cycle
Thomas Tjapaltjarri
Painting - 110 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,297
De l'un à l'autre 1&2 (diptyque)
Jean-Freddy
Painting - 81 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,250
De là découle l'ivresse
Léo Mordac
Painting - 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,501
La Plagette - Paysage de Méditerranée abstrait géométrique
Bénédicte Coffinières
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$171
Sailboat Painting Alaska
Tetiana Teresh
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,137
Making a Case
Switzin Twikirize
Painting - 140 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$3,500
Session #2, ST03
FourHands Session
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$341
Composition _ Droving love in white
Tadas Zaicikas
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 4.6 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 inch
$19,872
Cruella Devil and The Dalmatians
Max Pedreira
Painting - 80 x 52 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,364
It's All in the Eye
Agbabiaka Oluwakayode
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,400
Curves of a Turning Point
Vibeke Lunel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,433
Quotes, nude & nature WALK THE PATH OF BEAUTY - Series Hidden Treasures
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,707
La Roche des hommes
Isabelle Venet
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,705
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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.