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I Believe You to be Her!
King Redd
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,000
Getting somewhere
Kicki Edgren
Painting - 115.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.5 x 30 x 1 inch
$3,000
Their landscape, Part 2
Vlada Hauser
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,830
Aku Sika
Caleb Kwarteng Prah
Painting - 121.9 x 86.4 x 5 cm Painting - 48 x 34 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Live today
Barbara Cox
Painting - 135 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Untitled
Aron Kroes
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Chimère
Valentina Canseco
Painting - 162 x 204 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 80.3 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Violet Face
Isshaq Ismail
Painting - 152 x 127 x 10 cm Painting - 59.8 x 50 x 3.9 inch
Price upon request
Juliette
Salvador Ginard
Painting - 139 x 128 x 3 cm Painting - 54.7 x 50.4 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Sulpicia
Alex K. Smith
Painting - 200 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0 inch
Price upon request
Sonia et Robert
Jean-Luc Maniouloux
Painting - 122 x 62 x 4.8 cm Painting - 48 x 24.4 x 1.9 inch
Price upon request
Aquanaut London 3D Watches
Johann Perathoner
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Heinkel
Daniel Authouart
Painting - 29 x 32 x 1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Butterfly
Punkmetender
Painting - 152 x 152 x 5.5 cm Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 2.2 inch
Price upon request
Live Laugh Love #1
Devin Miles
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Ca$h Réserve (Picsou)
Mr Live
Painting - 83 x 83 x 8 cm Painting - 32.7 x 32.7 x 3.1 inch
Price upon request
Traces
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,700 $3,330
Composición en blanco y negro
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,489
Composición en blanco y negro
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,489
Cuerpo escueto en fondo blanco cuadrado
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$969
Cuerpo escueto cuadrado
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$969
Taking the time to love each othe
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
You make me complete
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 110 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
You have the keys to my heart
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Happy Days by the Beach
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Overwhelmingly beautiful life (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Boîte de Petri #11
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$673
Cattleya orchid
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,655
Static Blue and Yellow Square
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,176
Welcome To The Jungle!
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 95 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,289
Communalities
Laura Basterra Sanz
Painting - 42 x 53 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 20.9 x 0 inch
$1,061
Maybe (Ambivalence)
Laura Basterra Sanz
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,723
Tones Of Dreams (Like Kurosawa's)
Laura Basterra Sanz
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,061
Le petit chef d'orchestre
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$953
Le petit chef d'orchestre II
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$953
Love is all we need
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
Retrato en black
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 75 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,113
Serie Terra Retrato en fondo oro
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,136
Ecos de la ciudad
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 200 x 340 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 133.9 x 0.8 inch
$13,746
Composición en acua y negro
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 83 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 32.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,000
Northern legends.River
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Personajes en fondo anaranjado
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$405
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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.