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Les pas de la passion, Jesus tombe pour la première fois
Sérgio Ferro
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$17,895
Jia Jing - Dame à l'hermine
Jing JIA
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$10,066
Maci (Teddy Bear)
Szabolcs Bozó
Painting - 40.64 x 38.1 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$55,000
What My Blood Remembers
Brent Godfrey
Painting - 170.2 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 67 x 55 x 2 inch
$17,500
Juegos nunca aprehendidos
Carlos Vidal
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,060
Le Fauteuil Bleu
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
Catalunya t’estimo
Manuel Coronado
Painting - 100 x 81 x 10 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 3.9 inch
$10,737
C'est à quelle heure
Nicole Pfund
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$3,244
Hommage à Toulouse Lautrec
Bouchon
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$13,422
Le Grand Silence n°4
Charles Goldstein
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 1 inch
$5,033
Plate with fresh fruits - Italian old painting
Guido Guidi
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$280
A Sunny State of Mind
Surrendered Echoes
Painting - 61 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
Man building a tower away from his own heart
Susano Correia
Painting - 44 x 36 x 1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$16,665
Paix dans la lumière
Jean-Claude Bligny
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,026
Starwatcher
Martin Rodriguez Rio
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,948
Puerto Viejo
Miguel Nunez Rauschert
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
Nature morte au képi, épée et uniforme
Hermann Haller
Painting - 69.5 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 27.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,216
Travaille à la ferme
Louis Goerg-Lauresch
Painting - 54 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$3,517
Rue d'un village rural en été
A ROY
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$3,587
Paysage au vieux pont
Marcelle Ducret
Painting - 36 x 44.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.2 x 17.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,192
La Fontaine, Cheseaux
Henri Châtillon
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$2,462
Village de montagne
René Samuel Beguin
Painting - 54.5 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,509
Mazots à Zermatt
Edmond Bornand
Painting - 29 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,333
Nature morte aux moules
Clemente Tafuri
Painting - 37 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,755
Paysage hivernal
Joseph Gautschi
Painting - 72.5 x 53.5 x 2 cm Painting - 28.5 x 21.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,130
Scène de rue en soirée
Fausto Zonaro
Painting - 28.5 x 36 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.2 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,169
Spring passed without me
Sergiu Ciochina
Painting - 108 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 42.5 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
$15,938
Bouquet de fleurs en vase sur un fauteuil
Charles Beer
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,192
Concerto d'un Cadinal accompagné de moines
P. Dietrich
Painting - 69 x 98 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 38.6 x 1 inch
$2,227
Still life with fruits and flowers - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$280
Femme assise préparant le repas
Francisco Torres Matas
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,400
Swell at sunset - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$280
Jardin du Café Fagolle, Acacias, Genève
H. Doshueses
Painting - 40.5 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,271
Paysage du lac animé, Genève
Th. Eberhard
Painting - 70 x 112 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 44.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,309
Soccer Players in Central Park
Hilo Chen
Painting - 92.1 x 106.7 cm Painting - 36.25 x 42 inch
$75,000
Nature morte fruit faïence et couteau
André-Laurent Kunkler
Painting - 23 x 26 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.1 x 10.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,169
Paysage aux cyprès
Laure Stella Bruni
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,986
Sculpture, boîte et sacoche
Raoul Bovy-Lysberg
Painting - 48 x 62 x 2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,204
Keep the children away n°16
Dada Wa
Painting - 130 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
1928 Underwood portable standard typewriter
Christopher Stott
Painting - 60.96 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$6,112
Âne charrette
Nourreddine Guesmia
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$336
Paradis perdus n°9
Alain Fabreal
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,816
Course a Monaco
Christian Jaureguy
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,829
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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.