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Apples in the garden
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,934 €1,547
Bouquet of Chamomiles
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,547
Pourquoi octobre rose
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,280
Le Prince englouti
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€980
Mountain Sunsets calling
Lilly Muth
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Lecture en bleu majeur
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,990
A Break in Reality
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Along the Back Roads
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
A Burst of Gold
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
White Red - 7553
Renato Spagnoli
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Waves blue horizon 2 - Sunset, skyline, seascape, ocean turquoise waves (1)
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€820
Waves blue horizon - Sunset, skyline, seascape, ocean turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€820
XXL Landscape at 11.08 AM
Kseniya Rai
Painting - 155 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
When the sun is shining
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
€1,451
Walking on the beach
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Passage piétons - Evening
Daniel Castan
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
White Orange Red 7532
Renato Spagnoli
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,900
The red Carpet Treatment
Lilly Muth
Painting - 85 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Lab #7 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€725
Lab #6 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€725
Douceur printanière
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Spring in Ukraine - green, black, white, yellow large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Moonrise in blue
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,805 €2,244
Medianoche con Hojas Doradas
Chelsea Davine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,450
The Beauty of Yellow Roses
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€966
7 Personnages Skate Park
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,500
The House on the Cliff
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€1,350
You've turned my World upside down
Lilly Muth
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Nature harmony
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,741
Landscape at 11.18 AM
Kseniya Rai
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,760
After rain
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
€1,064
Spring evening in the mountains
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
€1,064
Silence evening
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€967
Full moon on the lake
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€677
Mediterranean Sea, Composition III
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 116 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,700 €2,430
L'univers de l'artiste
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Inspired by Monet Flowers in a vase
Elena Lukina
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
The Pink King Of Glamour
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
Plage de Bussaghlia
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,500
Dream Big In New York City
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
L'esquisse du silence
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,690
I wasn't expecting you
Lilly Muth
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Round courtyard
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,161
Fontaine de Jouvence
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 81 x 62 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,910
Les echos de la litterature
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,690
Sunset on the sea
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€2,000
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,161 €987
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€967
Walk in the sky - blue pink geometry abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,200
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,161
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.
What is special about oil painting?
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.
What's the difference between oil painting and acrylic?
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.
Is oil painting easier than watercolor?
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.