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Vanderbilt avenue
Patrick Rousseau
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,237
The Waste Land (inspired by T.S Eliiot)
Zhora Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,340 $1,139
One day in the vineyard vertical version - Tuscany painting
Roberto Gai
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$502
Triunfo de la castidad
Armen Gasparian
Painting - 90 x 120 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
$11,616 $10,455
Evident in harmony
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Untitled (Flowers)
Joo Yeon Judy Yang
Painting - 61 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$1,005
Tactile Memory #34
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 inch
$2,150
Le Grand Duc à L’Opéra
Dan Jacobson
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Caught in summer’s laugh
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$558
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in Kinshasa Zaire
Dumisani Karamanski
Painting - 150 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,791
Cascade et tumulte, les Gorges du Loup
Claude Schürr
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1 inch
$2,902
Un Soir de Printemps
Georges R. Quinio
Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,233 $1,898
Menorca. Paysage #6
Egor Plotnikov
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$3,572
Magnificent Seven - Abstract Series No. II
Eric Sanders
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 7.6 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 3 inch
$2,000
Grand Angle
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 122 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$5,023 $4,270
Light red and gold
Christian Jodin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,663
Composition abstraite
Mady Epstein
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,487
La sérénité de la lune
Autonne
Painting - 76 x 102 x 4.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 1.8 inch
$4,633
Victory lights
Olena Topliss
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 20.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 7.9 inch
$1,131
Vers le jardin d’Eden série parcs et jardins
Danièle Badet
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,395
Integration / True 026
Casey Grace
Painting - 20.32 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm Painting - 8 x 8 x 1 inch
$1,217
Ref. 736 - Variations
Vahid Mohammadi
Painting - 140 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$6,698
Le plateau d’huîtres
Edmond Ceria
Painting - 27 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,791
Rain - green blue turquoise large abstraction
Anna Dar
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
L'uppercut de l'amour
Bertrand Thomassin
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
In Honour Of God - The Creator 8
Soumitra Bhattacharya
Painting - 213 x 137 x 5 cm Painting - 83.9 x 53.9 x 2 inch
$4,298
Calle de invernaderos II
Ana Garcia
Painting - 35 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$993
Paris, le souffle de la nuit.
Michel Bianconi
Painting - 54 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,791
Fruits et vin en Touraine
Jacques Despierre
Painting - 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$8,372
Allégorie de fertilité
Anne-Marie Vesco
Painting - 33 x 26 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Manu Dibango au saxophone, série Jazz et Musique
Jean-Louis Manuel
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Locked in my heart
Jumoke Oyetunde
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,700
Regard d'argent - série portrait de femme
Namy
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,926
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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
$1,200
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,005 $854
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
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
$1,451
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.