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Le lit dans l'atelier du peintre
Yann Rebecq
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,420
Desert Glow
Kristen Olson Stone
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
€3,564
Gardiner's Park
Jonathan Van Brunt
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 1 inch
€3,617
Coquelicots et soucis
Michel Vezinet
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€900
Blue dancing
Eduardo Vega de Seoane
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,150
Paysage urbain n°2
Jacques Migayrou
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Coucher de soleil sur Jérusalem
Samuel Azuelos
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
€8,500
Nocturno 1 - Abstract Oil Painting With Green and Blue Colors
Alfredo Aya
Painting - 88.9 x 39.4 cm Painting - 35 x 15.5 inch
€3,646
Nonoalco, Reflejos del mundo
Joseba Sánchez Zabaleta
Painting - 140 x 159 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 62.6 x 1.2 inch
€22,000
Carriage of Travertine
Giuseppe Raggio
Painting - 80 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 0 inch
€80,000
Botanical Offshoot XVII
Deborah Lawrence Schafer
Painting - 152.4 x 114.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 60 x 45 x 0 inch
€3,900
Printemps au Poulain - série Paysage marin de Belle-île-en-Mer
Virginie Le Roy
Painting - 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€375
Flower composition
Arina Melikhova
Painting - 19.7 x 16.6 x 1 cm Painting - 7.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch
€500
Autumn Sun, Walkers
Ellen Bradshaw
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.8 inch
€4,030
Sunset In The Mediterranean
Bonaventura Aumatell Tarradellas
Painting - 73 x 62 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Les Jardins du Trocadéro
Rodykka
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
€9,500 €8,550
Départ des fantassins pour la guerre de 14
Claudius Seignol
Painting - 54.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,318
Rivière, River, 1980. Méditation, Reflets des galets dans l'eau River Meditation, Pebbles in water
Oh CHOON RAN
Painting - 129 x 129 x 0.3 cm Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 inch
€4,950
Femme d'Afrique du Nord
Francisque Noailly
Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,045
Notable à moustache
Jules Matthey
Painting - 81 x 65.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.8 x 0.8 inch
€2,950
Albeniz suite espanola granada
Hikaru O
Painting - 33.3 x 24.2 x 2 cm Painting - 13.1 x 9.5 x 0.8 inch
€183
Dame à lunettes assise
Paul Théophile Robert
Painting - 82 x 75.5 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,994
Stone pot with apples
Jan Nederlof
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,650
Paris, Hotel de Ville
Patrick Pietropoli
Painting - 40.6 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 32 x 1.5 inch
€4,797
Joy of twins mother
Prince Twins Seven - Seven
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1 inch
€6,716
La Femme Torero
Jean-Luc Beaufils
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
Still Life With Fruit And Vegetables
Luigi Spazzapan
Painting - 25 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 21.7 x 1 inch
€3,300
Composition Of Different Styles
Saad Hilow
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Grey of the River
Carlo D'Aloisio da Vasto
Painting - 66 x 87 x 1 cm Painting - 26 x 34.3 x 0.4 inch
€3,400
Fragment de scie rouillée
Yuri Kuper
Painting - 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€15,000
Ponte Garibaldi, Rome
Antonio Vangelli
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,800
Mountain Crimea
Alexandr Kryushyn
Painting - 70 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,600
Piazzale del Pincio
Amedeo Bocchi
Painting - 29 x 55 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.4 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
€12,500
Poussière de lune
Florence Comas
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch
€3,646
Puerto Viejo
Miguel Nunez Rauschert
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
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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.