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Landscape
Areg Vahramyan
Painting - 110 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,939 CHF 1,551
Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
CHF 1,526
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,135
The Worship of this Love
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,531
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 946
A wet November III
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,225
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
CHF 1,327
Rhythmic Color Symphony
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 945
L'homme et la mer
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,541
Stay In Your Magic
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,276
Passaggi in laguna olio su tela
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,123
Golden Pomegranate Harvest
Vlas Ayvazyan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 568
Field of flowers
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,892 CHF 1,514
Chimere hypnotique
Nawel Aubert
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
CHF 1,225
The Green Room
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
CHF 4,276
Layers of Memory
Samvel Atasunts
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 842
Lab #8 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 710
Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,429
Pale Blue woods
Chelsea Davine
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 4,817
Portrait in Blue and Red
Ihar Barkhatkou
Painting - 105 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,041
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,135
Portrait and Sunflower
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
CHF 1,183
Abstract graffiti life
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,939
Colorful woman portrait
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,123
Apple tree buds in bloom
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,735
La Seine à Paris - Ville et quai de Paris avec sa péniche
Claude Frégère
Painting - 73 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,888 CHF 1,699
Le ruisseau de Lombie - série Paysage et montagne
Robert Magendie Malo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,403
What Lies Beneath
Julie Edwards
Painting - 91.44 x 76.2 x 2.032 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,307
Cerisier dans la Roche
Corine Lescop
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
CHF 1,327
Lavender field in PIsa countryside panoramic version - Tuscany painting
Biagio Chiesi
Painting - 40 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 526
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
CHF 2,245
Birch Forest IV small
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,061
Spring Impression
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 969 CHF 825
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,366
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 2,551
Muse in a Mask
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 150 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,266
Nouvelle anecdote
Richard Dubure
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,531
Yard by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,892
Se cacher dans les herbes
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,837
Peonies Giving Happiness
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 816
Ecce homo (2) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (16)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHF 1,837
Célestes (Alcaline)
Dorothée Louise Recker
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
CHF 3,062
The effect of propaganda
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,735
Les estrans (série)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 7,654
Poussières d'étoiles 05
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 918
Pathway Through Paradise
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 662
Life in My Head
Omoyeni Arogunmati
Painting - 61 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 22 x 1 inch
CHF 804
Spring in the garden of Eden - blossoms, spring in France, flowers garden
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,040
Disappointment
Francesco Calistri
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,041
The origin of color
Elena Chulkova
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,041
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Landscape
Areg Vahramyan
Painting - 110 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,939 CHF 1,551
Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
CHF 1,526
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,135
Evening time
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,135 CHF 908
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,225
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
CHF 1,327
Nine Faces
Christiaan van Hedel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
CHF 3,725
Se cacher dans les herbes
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,837
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.