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Le Brassus, Vallée De Joux
Lucien Schwob
Painting - 65.5 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Couple en balade au bord de l'étang avec chien et cygnes
Ziveri
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,407
Poilus en Chemin
Eugène Chaperon
Painting - 55.5 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Promenade en bord du lac
Elisa Berlincourt
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,430
Paysage lacustre automnal
Arthur Amez-Droz
Painting - 65.2 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,430
Parterre de fleurs
Friedemann Lichtwitz
Painting - 52.5 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.7 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,196
Les lavandières au bord de la rivière
C. Lianz
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,395
Paysage de lac et montagnes
Jean Heitmann
Painting - 23.2 x 33.7 x 1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 13.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,055
Etude de bateau
Marcel Noverraz
Painting - 35 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,055
Femme et chèvre dans un paysage boisé
Adolphe Potter
Painting - 54 x 64.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,079
Pêcheurs dans le Golf de Naples devant l'île de Capri
Eugenio Bonivento
Painting - 23.3 x 15.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,055
Paysage Près d'Aesch à Bâle-Campagne
René Bollmer
Painting - 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch
$1,172
Hommes puisant de l'eau dans des oasis
Spilioti
Painting - 21 x 26.2 x 1.5 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.3 x 0.6 inch
$1,032
Paysans et chevaux avec charettes dans un champs
Gûo
Painting - 48 x 58 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 22.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,184
Barques de pêcheurs et pêcheurs au port
Riccardo Colucci
Painting - 25 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,098
Barques de pêcheur dans le port
P. Loutan
Painting - 27 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,465
Paysage italien avec pont
Trevisan
Painting - 42 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,087
Paysage de montagne avec chalets
E. Mariola
Painting - 60 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,583
Paysage de bord de mer, barque de pêcheur et voiliers
Maria Fortis
Painting - 49 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,110
Balade des cygnes
Olga Steiner
Painting - 83.5 x 113.5 x 2 cm Painting - 32.9 x 44.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,407
Barques et voiliers à la Belotte, lac Léman Genève
Paul Delapoterie
Painting - 46 x 61.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,407
Vue d'une ville du Moyen-Orient
Edouard Jacques Dufeu
Painting - 33.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,758
Départ pour la pêche, chapeau, flèches et pagaie
A. A. Alaned
Painting - 30.5 x 91.5 x 2 cm Painting - 12 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$1,934
Vue sur le Salève et l'Arve, campagne genevoise
R. Liegaut
Painting - 38 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,958
Lavandières à la rivière
Edmond Marie Petitjean
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,876
L'Ile Rousseau, Pont du Mont-Blanc et lac à Genève
Helène Hantz
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,489
Route côtière du sud avec cèdres et pins
Pietro Toretti
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,325
Baie de Naples et vue sur le Vésuve
Ugo Maresca
Painting - 50 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,110
Collection Musée Arts Décoratifs Paris, 1964 L'idole The idol
Esther Hess
Painting - 56 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,194
Horizon l'étoile (Douce volupté songe du sage)
Alexis Alary
Painting - 146 x 226 x 1 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89 x 0.4 inch
$5,145
Bientôt les premières neiges mangeront les couleurs; le paysage en profitait pour parader et revêtir son costume de fête, la joie était partout.
François Pagé
Painting - 20 x 20 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$224
#58 Wall Street Station
Chris Carolina
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Birth of hope
Aldona Jablonska Klimczak
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,270
Paysage marin abstrait
Gilles Candelé
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$246
Woman Portraite
Artavazd Talalyan
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,344
Landscape LVIII
Bartosz Michal Hoppe Sadowski
Painting - 150 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,685
Under The Pink Umbrella
Bethany Harper Williams
Painting - 76 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$3,412
St. George and the Dragon (Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting)
George Zafero
Painting - 119.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 47 x 1 inch
$3,769
Cup with Strawberries
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$9,507
Nature morte à l'arrosoir et aux cactus
William Goliasch
Painting - 46 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,207
Noblewoman (The Red Glove)
Eliano Fantuzzi
Painting - 44 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$3,915
Abstract pattern II
José Luis Ceña
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,474
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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.