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Meares and Cook Victoria
James Gordaneer
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,900
Provence : Village d’Aurel
Olivier Boissinot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,787
Rue de Mogador
Claude Volkenstein
Painting - 82 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,112
La danseuse au tutu rose
Charles De Ziegler
Painting - 80 x 63.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25 x 0.8 inch
$654
Bord du Lac Léman et Vue sur le Jura
Josef FAVRE
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$746
La Thièle, Yverdon
Gabriel Edouard Haberjahn
Painting - 38 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$860
Les granges de Thônex
Henri Vincent Gillard
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$826
Le Mont-Blanc depuis Sallanches
Louis Camille Gianoli
Painting - 24 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$837
Paysage de campagne genevoise, vue sur le Môle
Christian Zwahlen
Painting - 37 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$665
Bouquet de rose
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$700
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,262
Portail à la campagne
Charles Monnier
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$791
Route de San Remo, mioli attelage
Arthur Jean Baptiste Calame
Painting - 22 x 32 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,135
Nature morte aux lys
Janebé Weber
Painting - 50 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 14 x 0.2 inch
$746
Natale in Sicilia
Giulio D'Angelo
Painting - 32.5 x 29.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.8 x 11.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,055
Place de Naples animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 38 x 22.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch
$918
Le pont de l'Alma, Paris
Sergio Telles
Painting - 57 x 78.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22.4 x 30.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,065
#58 Wall Street Station
Chris Carolina
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,809
Cochon noir
Jean-Philippe Escafre
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,247
Hanuman monkey
Raminta Blazeviciute - Mozuraitiene
Painting - 111 x 71 x 2 cm Painting - 43.7 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$697
Les pins incines-Anzère
Guy Bardone
Painting - 50.5 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.9 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Coquelicots et lavande dans le Lubéron - série Paysage impressioniste
Monique Laville
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,630
Untitled WVZ 661 yellow
Dirk Rathke
Painting - 41.9 x 69.9 x 6.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 27.5 x 2.4 inch
$3,500
Danse des flamants roses
Jean-Jacques Abieniste
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.6 inch
$746
La petite maison grise
Giuseppe Zago
Painting - 55.5 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$883
Nature morte au képi, épée et uniforme
Hermann Haller
Painting - 69.5 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 27.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,021
Paysage au bord du lac
A. Augsburger
Painting - 46 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$677
Fête de village avec ramasseur de broussailles
Alexandre Marcette
Painting - 74 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch
$768
Nature morte aux livres et à la pipe
S. Pagani
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$791
1981 Un Title N° 2 Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea
Kwan Soo PARK
Painting - 73 x 91 x 0.3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch
$5,562
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venise
Giuseppe Milto
Painting - 26.5 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$803
Paysage d'Avusy, Genève
Andrée Malval Desbaillets
Painting - 60 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch
$757
FONTANA Hommage Tribute
Yoo HA SONG
Painting - 132 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 52 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,382
Paysans au bord de l'étang
V. Attanasi
Painting - 36.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 14.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$688
Paysage de collines avec pâturage
Marguerite MASSIP
Painting - 53 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,147
Bouquet de roses fanées
Charles Emile Brunner
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$941
Mère et enfant
Pierre Ernest Kohl
Painting - 38.5 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$700
Horizon l'étoile (Douce volupté songe du sage)
Alexis Alary
Painting - 146 x 226 x 1 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89 x 0.4 inch
$5,169
Tartanes, calme du soir
Elie Bernadac
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$849
Nature morte aux fruits et pichet vert
Georges Duval
Painting - 60.5 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$998
La Fontaine, Cheseaux
Henri Châtillon
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$757
Nature morte
Nicolas Roumiantzeff
Painting - 38.5 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$803
Vue de Cologny, Genève
Charles Felix Appenzeller
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,067
Poissons, citron et cuivre
Jules Jacques Olivier De Cocquerel
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,491
Paysage de printemps campagne et Jura
Jules Ami Courvoisier
Painting - 37 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$918
Cabane et roulotte en Camargue
Gilbert Chavan
Painting - 50 x 62.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,090
Hameau, Vallée de Merlan
Pierre Barthélémy
Painting - 22 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$837
Fête nocturne de la côte
Alexander Fritz Werner
Painting - 15 x 17.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 5.9 x 6.9 x 0.2 inch
$895
Femmes au foin
Clemente Pugliese-Levi
Painting - 55 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Vue de nuit d'une ville hongroise
György Csato
Painting - 65 x 48.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,170
Venise mystérieuse
Rodolfo Paoletti
Painting - 50.5 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.9 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,376
Visione Veneziana
Pino Pessina Da Castanedo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,663
Râteaux de pêche sur une côte méditerranéenne
Arnaldo De Lisio
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,076
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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.