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Jeune fille au bord de la fenêtre
Fritz Glarner
Painting - 92 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,982
1974 Les toits de Paris Roofs
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 35 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€7,500
Jia Jing - Dame à l'hermine
Jing JIA
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
€9,000
What My Blood Remembers
Brent Godfrey
Painting - 170.2 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 67 x 55 x 2 inch
€16,791
Daisy in a Beater Jar, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Karen Daigle
Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.3 inch
€209
Le Fauteuil Bleu
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Catalunya t’estimo
Manuel Coronado
Painting - 100 x 81 x 10 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 3.9 inch
€9,600
C'est à quelle heure
Nicole Pfund
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€2,900
Hommage à Toulouse Lautrec
Bouchon
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€12,000
Le Grand Silence n°4
Charles Goldstein
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 1 inch
€4,500
The fruit stand - Italian old painting
Guido Guidi
Painting - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€250
Rose épanouie
Françoise De Beaucé
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€4,900
Man building a tower away from his own heart
Susano Correia
Painting - 44 x 36 x 1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
€14,900
1984 LADY on Green Portrait LADY sur fond vert
Malgorzata Pochopien
Painting - 90 x 65 x 0.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
€9,550
A Sunny State of Mind
Surrendered Echoes
Painting - 61 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Tendril promise de la série paysages en difficulté / Struggling landscapes
Holly King
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€3,500
Starwatcher
Martin Rodriguez Rio
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€8,000
1959 Paris Cubist Venus
Lu Chong Min
Painting - 81 x 65 x 0.85 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.3 inch
€29,500
Sailing ships - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€250
Still life with fruits
Ottone Rosai
Painting - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€30,000
Venise 1989 Venice
Pascale Courbot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€5,950
Travaille à la ferme
Louis Goerg-Lauresch
Painting - 54 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
€3,161
Rue d'un village rural en été
A ROY
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€3,224
La Fontaine, Cheseaux
Henri Châtillon
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
€2,213
Village de montagne
René Samuel Beguin
Painting - 54.5 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,255
Mazots à Zermatt
Edmond Bornand
Painting - 29 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
€2,097
Nature morte aux moules
Clemente Tafuri
Painting - 37 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,476
Paysage hivernal
Joseph Gautschi
Painting - 72.5 x 53.5 x 2 cm Painting - 28.5 x 21.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,813
Keep the children away n°16
Dada Wa
Painting - 130 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
€16,000
Paradis perdus n°9
Alain Fabreal
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
Course a Monaco
Christian Jaureguy
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
The Power of breaking fear
Suraj Kumar Kashi
Painting - 106.68 x 137.16 x 3 cm Painting - 42 x 54 x 1.2 inch
€4,350
Paysage du lac animé, Genève
Th. Eberhard
Painting - 70 x 112 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 44.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,076
Le Lendemain elle souriait
Loic Allemand
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€6,500
Au pied de la tour Sallière, Lac de Barberine et Massif du Giffre, Valais
D. Bédard
Painting - 75 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,372
Scène d'intérieur avec mère et enfant
Emilio Grau-Sala
Painting - 27 x 22 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,634
Panthère 1970 Panther
Tilda Thamar
Painting - 90 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€4,995
Les vieux Gréements dans le port de Dieppe
Jean Pierre Dubord
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Good Times Jungle Club, The Savoy
Billy Dee Williams
Painting - 142.2 x 142.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 56 x 56 x 2 inch
€21,109
Buoi Som Dung Street
Pham Binh Chuong
Painting - 99.1 x 149.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 59 x 2 inch
€7,388
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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.