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Jamais sans toi
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Coup de gueule contre la pollution plastique
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,290
Original 84 face portrait
Eugen Dick
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€2,920
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
€450
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
€450
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 65 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
€450
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€450
Texture couteau or marron
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€140
Éclaté de couleur or verdoyant
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€70
Là où commence le rêve
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Won’t forget about…
Art by Lingg
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Your love with a cherry pie
Maria Mikileva
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
High Line Passerelle vers tous les possibles
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
€1,650
The beauty of sunset. 3 impasto oil paintings
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
couleurs Majorelle II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€400
Champagne on deck
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,085
Lumière sur le lac II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch
€2,290
Problèmes de temps
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€3,600
New York City. Brooklyn bridge
Schagen Vita
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€4,000
Le petit artiste - Snoopy
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch
€225
The Golden Dream Of Prague - The King’s Town
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€299 €237
JE SAIS QUE TU M'AIMES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 72 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 1 inch
€895
Danseuse de flamenco
Tharwet Kamoun
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€550
La pêche à pied
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€499
Vit-elle toujours là-bas ?
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 26 x 47 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.2 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
€299
Je partirai avec la marée
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 27 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€299
Texture couteau or orange rouge violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€150
Texture couteau blanc orange
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€140
Texture couteau blanc jaune
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€140
Texture couteau blanc violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€140
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Palette knife painting for Sale
The painting knife, or palette knife, as it is often called, has been a part of painters' tools for many centuries. Originally, it wasn't used to apply paint or to produce impastos but to mix pigments, to superimpose one layer of paint over another to modify it appearance or to remove excess paint from the canvas. Consisting of a curved handle and a flexible steel blade, its shape is comparable to that of a small trowel. It was during the Renaissance that the palette knife began to be used for something other than its original purpose and that artists started to use it to paint. Before that, painters sought to create a realistic and therefore smooth result. But artists such as Rembrandt, Titian or Fragonard noticed that scraping paint to create impasto helped to create eye-catching texture, relief and light.
Gustave Courbet is well-known for having brought palette knives back into fashion in the 19th century, a pivotal period when the art of painting, and art in general, underwent many changes and transformations. He was followed by the Impressionists and the modern painters (Monet, Van Gogh, Turner, etc) who used it to create thick impastos. Impressionists were particularly keen on this tool which was well-suited to the way in which they sought to represent light realistically, as our eyes see it. The invention of the easel and paint tubes allowed them to leave their workshops and to paint outside, enabling them to depict the shimmering reflections of water and the ever changing nature. They applied paint quickly in small thin strokes on the canvas and created texture using the knife. To create this effect, they used oil paint and acrylic, working them as little as possible so as to ensure their thick, dense appearance.
On Artsper, find works by Richard Dubure, Martta Weg and Ryan Hewett who all use the palette knife in unique ways in their practice!