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Dos de femme nue assise
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 55 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$975
La Vérité et le rêve
Maria Teresa Bertina
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$10,113
Sous la douche
Herve Malcom Thomas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,079
ARIKA5 : VERDANT TEMPTATION IN KAWAII WHISPERS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$1,910
Source de Vie
André Guillarmain
Painting - 114 x 195 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 76.8 x 1 inch
$4,045
Sitting Nude with black Stockings
Gernot Kissel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$11,771
Nose Art - Night fighter
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 120 x 160 x 8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 3.1 inch
$10,113
Tall Woman On Short Canvas
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,483
Série des Forêts No°5
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
The Incurable Lunatic Asylum
Renjie Gao
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$14,000
The Abduction of Hippodamia
Tsanko Tsankoff
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,809
Mains tendues, abricots
Jean-Pierre Ceytaire
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,953
Les Bottes Rouges
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 162 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch
$6,742
Perpetual Motion Machine
Hua Qing
Painting - 210 x 300 x 6 cm Painting - 82.7 x 118.1 x 2.4 inch
$41,126
Illustration of a Living Being: Disaster, Love, Salvation & Sublimation
Hua Qing
Painting - 380 x 1000 x 6 cm Painting - 149.6 x 393.7 x 2.4 inch
$61,802
Rising sun, kingdom of lead
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 91 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 48 x 0.8 inch
$7,304
The silence of animals (framed)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,843
GLORY : SPECTACLE OF VICTORY
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 140 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$6,517
ARUHI3 : VERDANT CLOUDS, KAWAII WHISPERS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 100 x 105 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$4,719
Essence Féminine
Jérôme Sorolla "Le parrain des arts"
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,809
Freedom to create new body
Zhengyong Liu
Painting - 180 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 63 x 2 inch
$14,608
PINK PSYCHE : CHERRY BLOSSOM DREAMS AND KAWAII WHISPERS
Saori Nakamishi
Painting - 150 x 105 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$6,180
ARIKA1 : ENCHANTING GREEN WHISPERS AND KAWAII TEMPTATION
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 140 x 107 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 42.1 x 2 inch
$6,630
JELLY GREEN : EMERALD KAWAI HARMONY IN LOLITA DREAMS
Saori Nakamishi
Painting - 150 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$6,068
EPHEMERAL ELEGANCE
Kumikaho Oshima
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$6,742
Lent et grave, hommage à Erik Satie
Katell Le Goarnig
Painting - 100 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$11,237
FLYING ANGEL : BINARY SERENITY OR SOARING THROUGH DIGITAL DREAMS
Sumomo Kanashiwa
Painting - 150 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$6,517
Dance dance and dance-1
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Dance dance and dance-3
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Dance dance and dance-2
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 66 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Naked madam
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,832
Etat du monde
Gabriella Moussette
Painting - 147 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.9 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Animus
Erwann Tirilly
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Linear Construct (Violet Triangle)
Jeremy Annear
Painting - 120 x 160 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 inch
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Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,680 $1,008
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.