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Junior's world
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.1 x 91.1 x 3 cm Painting - 35.9 x 35.9 x 1.2 inch
€5,300
Our reality
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 137.2 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 54 x 1.2 inch
€6,800
Harpiste aux cheveux rouges
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Tongue out (a tribute to Banksy)
Dr. Love
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€89
Trumpet spirit
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,700
An escape from emotion 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 137.2 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 34 x 1 inch
€485
An escape from emotion 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 137.2 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 34 x 1 inch
€485
All the moments
Isabelle Rivest
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
€1,707
Coin Coin Colors
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
€290
L'impossible rapport sexuel IV
Olivier Hache
Painting - 116 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 2 inch
€1,600
Entre mer et terre
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,900 €2,726
Le gobelet d'argent
Françoise Danel
Painting - 116 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
Les pierres dressées
Françoise Danel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
Brown and beige abstract surface 7611
Genny Puccini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Purple and yellow abstract surface
Genny Puccini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Brown and orange surface
Genny Puccini
Painting - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Polychrome Surface 766
Genny Puccini
Painting - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Ternura
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,800
A confident smile
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Voiles au soleil levant
Stéphane Cantin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€150
The White Soulages (Le Soulages Blanc)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€180 €144
The White Soulages (Le Soulages Blanc)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€180 €144
Olympic Moves Paris 2024 (Mouvements Olympiques Paris 2024)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€180 €144
Paris 2024 Olympic Moves (Mouvements Olympiques Paris 2024)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€180 €144
Olympic Gold Medals Paris 2024
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€390 €312
Paris 2024 Olympic Moves (Mouvements Olympiques Paris 2024)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
€345 €276
Red Midnight Whispers during Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
€295 €236
Tribute to Soulages (Hommage à Soulages)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€180 €144
Tribute to Soulages (Hommage à Soulages)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€180 €144
Tribute to Soulages (Hommage à Soulages)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€180 €144
Trazo dorado sobre verde
Karoline Pante
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€600
The fragility of beauty (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€750
What are you thinking about? (stretched) (1)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
€1,850
A Big Dream (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 150 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 38.2 x 0 inch
€1,850
Lake decoration (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€950
Lotuses (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Not A Time To Be Afraid 2
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,455
Sakura in my dream (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 40 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
€620
Contemporary portrait - Keep Going on Foot
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 75 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
€2,500
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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.