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Ravello sea pointview - Amalfitan Coast painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$409
Mareggiata a Pollisipo
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$220
The Garden og Heavenly Delights
Frank E Hollywood
Painting - 130 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$15,135 $13,621
My Tomorrow
Agboola Oladapo
Painting - 55.9 x 55.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 22 x 22 x 2 inch
$3,250 $2,925
The kid inside of us
Daniel Gibert
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Tableau d'une trahison
Frédéric Lemonnier
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$964
Le Moulin de la galette
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,588
African Boy II
Faith Gbadero
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,050 $1,845
Inner Peace 2
Meshach Charity
Painting - 86.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000 $1,800
Boy in Wonderland
Samson Olatubosun
Painting - 74.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,850
Conversation animée
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 46 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,570
Aigrettes en Camargue
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 33 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Fleur dans un bouquet
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Les comédiens dans la forêt
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 92 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch
$53,813
Sérénité - Paysage de bord de mer
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$185
The last supper, after van Meggeren
Edgar Arandia
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$4,014
Empreinte 10 concrétion
Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$33,633
Paysage de campagne avec vue sur le Jura Suisse
Arthur Morard
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,138
Campagne genevoise
Charles Emile Brunner
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,486
The Lullaby Of The New Moon
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
The light after rain
Felicia Trales
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 2 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,290
Coniglio Innamorato
Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi
Painting - 127 x 79 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 31.1 x 1.2 inch
$33,465
Countryside Encounter
Hrach Baghdasaryan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$450
Le monde en équilibre
Isabelle Duffaud
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,513
Le Passeur de Lumière
André Bielen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,588
La préparation des udons
Dominique Andrier
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,588
Magic of the Elements
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,200
Shielded
Falope Ibrahim
Painting - 85.9 x 105.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33.8 x 41.7 x 1 inch
$2,250 $2,025
The evening light.
Giulnara Khabibulina
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,045
Botanical ornate. A quadriptych of Mini oil paintings
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$919
Composition abstraite
Gaston Orellana
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,206
As Far As You Can See
Eniafe Gbenga
Painting - 55.9 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Souvenirs d'enfance
Pierre Henry
Painting - 60 x 48.5 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,323
Two Standing Figures
Vav Hakobyan
Painting - 140 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
$33,633
Trois barques au coucher du soleil
Josep Teixido
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,083
In the time of dreaming
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
The Night We Meet
Ewa Czarniecka
Painting - 82 x 102 x 4 cm Painting - 32.3 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
Still life with cherries
Simona Tsvetkova
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$987
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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.