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Within or Without You
Anna Bukhareva
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.2 inch
$3,652
Cérémonie du thé
Georges Corominas
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$10,383
I'm going to be a pilot
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,832
Untitled (Primary with peacock motif)
Greg Bryce
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.05 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$405
L'homme au bonnet d'ours
Florian Eymann
Painting - 72 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,398
Nose Art - Sky Sheriff
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 120 x 110 x 8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 43.3 x 3.1 inch
$6,742
Nose Art - High on fire
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 120 x 160 x 8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 3.1 inch
$10,113
Dentro de la Luce
Claudio Malacarne
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,270
Tall Woman On Short Panel
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,483
The girl poster-3
Nathalie Guerre
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.7 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$337
Twist in my sobriety
Radu Rodideal
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,933
Le Balcon / The Balcony
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 61 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$787
Série des Forêts No°8
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
Série des Forêts No°4
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
Série des Forêts No°3
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
Série des Forêts No°2
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
Série des Forêts No°1
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
La dernière corrida
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,315
Lemon Chrisantems
Natalia Tretyakova
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,472
Au commencement était l'oiseau
Timothy Archer
Painting - 140 x 220 cm Painting - 55.1 x 86.6 inch
$12,360
EARLY SUMMER WHISPERS IN BATTLE SYMPHONY : TOKYO TWILIGHT REVERIE
Hiro Ando
Painting - 60 x 78 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,146
L'arbre qui pleure
Alain Husson-Dumoutier
Painting - 77 x 57 x 2 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,944
Important Words Expectation
Amir Kerr
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,000
CHISATO AND SATOMI’S NOCTURNAL ODYSSEY : BLOSSOMS OF UNITY
Hiro Ando
Painting - 64 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 63 x 2 inch
$4,495
ButifI Were Someone Else, Who Then Would Be Me?
Anna Bukhareva
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 1.2 inch
$4,382
Aznavour's song
Alexandr Reznichenko
Painting - 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,607
I racconti del bosco #4
Antonio Pedretti
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$5,618
I racconti del bosco #2
Antonio Pedretti
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$5,618
Campagne Ecossaise
Bertrand De Cointet
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$472
When The Sky Had Breath To The Ocean, Clouds Were Rising Up And Fog Layed Down And Made A Rainbow - It Was The Beginning Of The World
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 114 x 146 x 5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 2 inch
$10,000
The Bird Flies To God, The God Name Is Abraxas
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch
$10,000
The Circus In The Beginning Of The World
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$15,000
Beyond The Summer
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 182 x 227 x 5 cm Painting - 71.7 x 89.4 x 2 inch
$24,721
An Explorer And His Blue Boat
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$14,000
Citizens Of A Commune Making A New World
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 130 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$14,000
Petits Coeurs Rouges
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$438 $307
Petits Coeurs Bleus
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$438 $307
Roitelet couronné
Jean-Pierre Ceytaire
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,371
Bateaux près de Sète Marine
Pierre-Jean Llado
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,023
The Old Age Romance
Iryna Kalyuzhna
Painting - 95 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,045
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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
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
$1,348
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
$1,461
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.