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Flower Power
Parenteau-Denoel & Mofart'z
Painting - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$503
Bright Snow on the West Mountain
Jia Yuan Hua
Painting - 50 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,263
Dance like no one is watching
Maria Esmar
Painting - 170 x 170 x 0.1 cm Painting - 66.9 x 66.9 x 0 inch
$6,599
Chemin de traverse
Martine Lallement
Painting - 80 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$447
Juste pour le plaisir
Martine Lallement
Painting - 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$224
Carnival in late summer
Wei-Hong Ma
Painting - 50 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,349
Waiting for the seeds to come
Wei-Hong Ma
Painting - 50 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,349
My woods are like a lost youth
Wei-Hong Ma
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,349
Urban Landscape Series, Haze
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,001
Urban Landscape Series, Pudong, Shanghai
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,001
Urban Landcape Series, Cyclistes
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,001
Urban Landcape Series, Night Market
Zhao De-Wei
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,001
Alaska Street
Luis Martins dit L7Matrix
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$3,355
Declaring Independence
Rod Cusic
Painting - 124.5 x 154.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 49 x 61 x 3 inch
$3,500
Les ancolies multicolores du jardin
Sylvia Elharar-Lemberg
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$537
La Petite Armada
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 27 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$334
I look at you
Janina Wierusz Kowalska
Painting - 160 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$12,460
Le retour des oiseaux préhistoriques
Philippe Jacq
Painting - 50 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 2 inch
$3,244
In Love
Samuel Njuguna Njoroge
Painting - 80.5 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,020
Sunday afternoon
Samuel Njuguna Njoroge
Painting - 80.5 x 100.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.7 x 39.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,020
Patrimoine 5/33
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,103
No.544 flower shower no.82
Jiwon Jang
Painting - 80.3 x 80.3 x 2 cm Painting - 31.6 x 31.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,599
No.530 “flower shower” no.75
Jiwon Jang
Painting - 80.3 x 80.3 x 2 cm Painting - 31.6 x 31.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,599
No.535 flower shower no.79
Jiwon Jang
Painting - 80.3 x 80.3 x 2 cm Painting - 31.6 x 31.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,599
No.568 Brave New World No.13 “fierce spot”
Jiwon Jang
Painting - 89.4 x 145.5 x 2 cm Painting - 35.2 x 57.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,198
Spectro
Luis Martins dit L7Matrix
Painting - 140 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$6,599
Pink Cop
Parenteau-Denoel & Mofart'z
Painting - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$391
Abstract landscape-XXXII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$727
Heart-XXI (Homage to Jackson Pollock)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Toujours jusqu'à la victoire "She Guevara"
Sana Hichri
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$8,948
Sands of time
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,050
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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.