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Dans le jardin
Patrick Briere
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,000 €3,000
A contre courant
Patrick Briere
Painting - 90 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€4,500 €3,600
Souvenir d'une nuit étoilée
Alione
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,600
View of the mountain chain - Spytkowice
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
€5,400 €4,860
San Francisco Hayes Place
Thierry Machuron
Painting - 70 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€4,000 €3,600
École de Salsa Cienfuegos Cuba
Thierry Machuron
Painting - 60 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
€4,000 €3,600
Feu de Forêt
Corinne Marino
Painting - 130 x 180 x 1.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.7 inch
€5,750 €5,175
N° 1166 Rochefort. Allée Paul Guimard.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€420
La sardinerie de Douarnenez
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
N° 780 Champfleury 3. La plage des 'nudistes'.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
€800
N° 602 La Commanderie 1.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
€800
N° 494 Le Lac vu du château de Chatillon.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€800
N° 833 Chessine 1. Le Sarto
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€600
N° 725 Conjux. Les dessous du port.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch
€600
Autoroute A77 Sancerre France
Thierry Machuron
Painting - 33 x 41 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
€500 €450
Hôtel Casa Granda Siantago de Cuba
Thierry Machuron
Painting - 70 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€3,500 €3,150
Lac des estives Cantal France
Thierry Machuron
Painting - 73 x 91 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch
€2,500 €2,250
Moon Bay village Chine Delta de Shanghai
Thierry Machuron
Painting - 70 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€3,000 €2,700
Trésor protégé accessible
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 117 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 46.1 x 35.4 x 2 inch
€6,000 €5,400
5 demoiselles in Avignon cycling at midnight
Christian Jodin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Col rouge
Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)
Painting - 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
Sold
Sunset
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 85 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
El Cafe azul de rojos sueños
Antonio Camaró
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Le grand pareo
Jean Marie Drouet
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
My Skin Colour... Gift or Curse?
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
€1,583
Infinity Stone (Thomas), New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Red Wagon, New Things Series.
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,850
Fight Club, New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,850
Mexico 4, Google Earth Landscapes Series, 2019-2021. (Mexican Triptych, right panel)
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
Floral Paradise with Parrot
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 40 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
€191
Artist Brushes. still life
Schagen Vita
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€200
Mexico 3, Google Earth Landscapes series, 2019-2021. (Mexican triptych, central panel)
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
Voll aufgeregt - Tout excité
Hans Mendler
Painting - 110 x 110 x 4.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.8 inch
€3,000
The early spring garden
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,100
Mexico 2, Google Earth Landscapes Series, 2019-2021 (Mexican Triptych, left panel)
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
Die Jagd - La chasse
Hans Mendler
Painting - 110 x 110 x 4.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.8 inch
€3,000
By the river of memories
Plamen Ovcharov
Painting - 75 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€650
An allegory of motherhood
Eva Dimitrova
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
Infinity Stone (Hannah), New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Wind dancing with spring flowers
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,100
Engagement Day, New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,850
Evening glow
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,151
Mgm3
Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)
Painting - 146 x 107 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 42.1 x 1.2 inch
€30,000
Nostalgic Horse Toys
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€720
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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.
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.
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.
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.