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Autoportrait et le bois
Carmen Selma
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
Envol et profondeur
Alain Beraud
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
€11,500
Constructing Dawn
Delphine Hogarth
Painting - 93 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 36.6 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
€4,171
Vineyard in San Gimignano - Tuscany painting & handmade frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€350
Blue Picture (Pincers)
Mikulás Medek
Painting - 70 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€249,000
Bouquet et livres
Benjamin II Vautier
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€822
Vue sur le lac dans les hauteurs de Vully
William Victor Aubert
Painting - 75 x 100.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,729
Quiet Reflections
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€11,752
Lights on the coast - Southern Italy painting & frame
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€350
Chat et son compagnon
Christopher Lecoutre
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,350
Concerto d'un Cadinal accompagné de moines
P. Dietrich
Painting - 69 x 98 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 38.6 x 1 inch
€1,996
Grand Espace Cosmique
Aurélie Jeannin
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Joy of Twins Mother
Twins Seven Seven
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1 inch
€6,804
Colours of the Pain
Kubra Aliyeva
Painting - 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,900
Lavender & Poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
Shadow on concrete
Polina Izvekova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,650
The Lights are on in the Singer Building
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 41 x 41 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,709
For the Love of Gala
Robert Walker
Painting - 86 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 33.9 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
Flowering on baroque gate - Italian painting
Giuseppe Landi
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€625
War and Peace
Sebastian Picker
Painting - 100 x 240 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 94.5 x 0.4 inch
€17,000
A Break in the Clouds
Kate Seaborne
Painting - 105 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,300
Vue sur un port animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 32.5 x 52.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.8 x 20.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,003
Chiaruscoro of still life
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
€1,200
Le chaos climatique
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,950
Borgo Toscano - Tuscany painting landscape & frame
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€265
Bouquet printanier en carafe
Alexis Louis Roche
Painting - 45.7 x 55 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
€619
Le fond de ma tasse de café (1)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
€190
Sunset snowed in Paris - France Belle Epoque painting + frame
Francesco Tammaro
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€815
Sea swell n*3 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€635
Hradcany and Mala Strana from Dr. Kramar’s Villa / Hradcany et Malá Strana depuis la villa du Dr. Kramá
Jindrich Styrský
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€217,000
Scène de rue en soirée
Fausto Zonaro
Painting - 28.5 x 36 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.2 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,975
Parisian city life - France Belle Epoque painting + frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€715
Lac et montagnes
Laure Stella Victorine Bruni
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,313
Femme au champ préparant un cheval de trait
Léon Georges Calves
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
€961
Ambulatum Dynamics
Jérôme Guillet
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
€1,550
Ponte di Rialto - Venice painting
Antonio Sgarbossa
Painting - 85 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
€785
Surrounded by four clouds
Khrystyna Kozyuk
Painting - 121.92 x 116.84 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 46 x 1.2 inch
€3,050
Blue Moonlight
Marija Tanaskovic Papadopoulos
Painting - 102 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 48 x 1.2 inch
€19,999
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Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 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
€972
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,166
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
€1,300
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
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.