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Scène d'intérieur
Monique Marchaisseau
Painting - 92 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$2,149
Les pins parasols
Daniel Couthures
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Ohne Titel / without title
Gerd Kanz
Painting - 24 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$701
Geometric shapes
Natalia Sinkovsky
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,400
Eliza crossing the ice
Dwayne Wolff
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
Look and look again
Peter Keizer
Painting - 170 x 170 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch
$14,589
Les cordes rouges
Jonathan Vandromme
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,923
A piece of the sea
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,414
The third boat
Moses Nyawanda
Painting - 111.5 x 83.5 x 2 cm Painting - 43.9 x 32.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,809
Promenade dans la forêt
Wilma Ramos
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$735
Simple Village House
Slava Brodinsky
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,200
Winter Landscape with Sheep
Brian King
Painting - 39.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,030
Vibrant morning in the city N2
Bozhena Fuchs
Painting - 71.1 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 26 x 1 inch
$2,000
Maxwell Settlement Backyard Meadow
Allan O'Marra
Painting - 50.8 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 inch
$2,041
Composition
Jean-Michel Atlan
Painting - 67.5 x 47.5 x 2 cm Painting - 26.6 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
$31,665
Floral Composition
Giuseppe Ingegno
Painting - 70 x 49.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch
$565
Two Orientalist Subjects
Amedeo Momo Simonetti
Painting - 38 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$1,357
Woman with tied up
Ruperto Salvatierra Lazarte
Painting - 82 x 77 cm Painting - 32.3 x 30.3 inch
$1,414
Le goût du lait #2
Thomas Loyatho
Painting - 152 x 118 x 6 cm Painting - 59.8 x 46.5 x 2.4 inch
$3,166
Jeune femme endormie
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,149
Nature morte gourmande n°1
Michel Petiot (Micha)
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,205
Portrait of leopard
Pierre-Yves Blasco
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,357
Klezmerim around the table
Michael Kachan
Painting - 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,900
Winter in the mountains
Feliks Grzesiczek
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,018
La naissance de la chèvre
Antonio Dos Santos (de Olinda)
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$905
Still Life (Flowers)
Natalya Listopad
Painting - 33 x 27 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$600
Le chemin de cailloux blancs
Jacques Loiseau
Painting - 50 x 61 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,628
From the series 'Horizon'
Volodymyr Tryntsolyn
Painting - 50.2 x 61.4 x 2 cm Painting - 19.8 x 24.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Pilon de Azucar
Denis Christophel
Painting - 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
Heavens’ And Earth’s
Tsvetan Lazarov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,866
The Tree of the Lovers
Stefan Georgiev
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,753
Margueritte, rosalie, and cow
Christophe Thiry
Painting - 24 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,583
Still life with vase and fruit
Marco Fariello
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,036
Un coin de ciel bleu
Bernard Damiano
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$848
Empreinte minerale 5
Roland Moreau
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,036
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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.