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Morning in Manhattan
Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 130 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
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Incantation végétale
Steliana Mocanu
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Warhol X Basquiat series 2.0
Sanuj Birla
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch
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Le Corps de Venus
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Delhia Dancing in the Garden II
Milburn-Foster
Painting - 130 x 97 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.6 inch
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Sitting Sensual Woman
Mino Maccari
Painting - 35 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
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Bathing at River Bank
Jamal Uddin Ahmed
Painting - 182.9 x 147.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 72 x 58 x 2 inch
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Les limites de l'abondance #1
Hélène Duclos
Painting - 65 x 54 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 2 inch
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Cycle des répercussions #8
Hélène Duclos
Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
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Jeune femme devant son miroir
Emile-François Chambon
Painting - 25.5 x 34.3 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10 x 13.5 x 0.2 inch
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Oublie le monde autour de toi, tu peux te changer en l'infini
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
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La toilette à Brunelda
Franck-Bernard Gaulier
Painting - 35 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
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Le bruit des hommes me rappelle que je ne suis pas seule au monde...
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 56 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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Quand viendront les jours indomptables (triptyque)
Florence Dussuyer
Painting - 200 x 600 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 236.2 x 1.2 inch
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Dirigeable sur la plage
Claude Vénard
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
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Manège fantasmagorique
Jean-Jacques Kugel
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Obalata, celle qui façonne l'homme dans la glaise
Olivia Lustman
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
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La rivière bleue (Nouvelle Calédonie)
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,034
Le Vallon - série Paysage
Jean-Claude Mège
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,528
Camelot, Oil Paint, Colored Graphite on Panel Painting
Doug Frohman
Painting - 106.7 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 42 x 42 x 2 inch
$7,600
Abstract Painting Series 2
Cao Fan
Painting - 77 x 57 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,618
The wisdom of time
Lilly Sotirova
Painting - 85 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,910
Birds in the Garden III
Russell Edward Vanecek
Painting - 76.2 x 55.88 x 3.81 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch
$2,278
La Chute d'Icare
Eve Saint Jean
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$3,650
1997, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Ethan Newman
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 7.6 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 3 inch
$4,000
Sans titre - série Abstraction
Michel André Martin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,405
Contemplation Opus IX
Theophile Delaine
Painting - 119.9 x 91.9 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,322
Dead inside. Reflection of a forgotten reality
Natalie Reyne
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$800
Portrait de femme au foulard valaisan
Albert Chavaz
Painting - 44.7 x 37 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.6 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,262
Monochrome 6th avenue
Adrien Faveau
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,045
Love in the time of forest fires
Niki Singleton
Painting - 40.64 x 30.48 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch
$2,152
Un jour ailleurs
Catherine Tapon
Painting - 150 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$3,360
Running from the wave 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch
$536
Madame Mondrian
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,832
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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.