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29 mai 2021
Raymond Attanasio
Painting - 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,461 $1,230
Bouquet from the South
Galya Popova
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,514
Toucan du Costa Rica
Catherine Clare
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
You are my other Half
Lilly Muth
Painting - 125 x 145 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 57.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Le bouquet de l’esperance
Valérie Dragacci
Painting - 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Black is Beautiful
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,450
Femme en bleue à la terrasse d'un café
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
A la l'orée du bois
Céline Suzane Pinon
Painting - 60 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$895
Girl by the Window
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,085
Realities of Life III
Damola Ayegbayo
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$1,400
In the background the Tibidabo
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
Il n'y a Pas que la Terre qui Saigne
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,033
Sky is the Limit
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,915
Humeur Brouillonne
Franck Bailleul
Painting - 131 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 51.6 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$5,033
Accumulation XVI (SG120)
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,566
Nos allures sages
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 34 x 27 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.4 x 10.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,007
Lua + Juliette
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 39 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.4 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,454
Vampire Alla Prima
Chloé Kaemmerer
Painting - 30 x 21 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.6 inch
$917
A large bouquet of roses.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Bright bouquet of flowers 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
The beautiful spring flowers of my garden.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$895
Pond with pink lilies
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,208
Les heures mauves
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$2,572
Forever prefers to last
Jacqueline Dey
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$650
Fate does not ask you
Jacqueline Dey
Painting - 50 x 59.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$695
White Series, Profondeur
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,622
Enigmatic appearance of myself in an other's dream
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Fight Club, New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,188
Engagement Day, New Things Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,188
Les fleurs pour une inconnue
Volodymyr Kolesnyk
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 1 inch
$6,040
Silence anticipation
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$391
Empty Paintings on The Wall
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 144 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 56.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,941
Down below blue & white
Gordon Hopkins
Painting - 110 x 150 x 10 cm Painting - 43.3 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$9,507
Meditation du boudha oasis et chemin de lumiere
Patrick Delorme
Painting - 39 x 29 x 0.01 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$705
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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.