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Poisson Arlequin
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 92 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Poissons chirurgiens
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 101 x 66 x 2 cm Painting - 39.8 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$1,331
Queen angel facing
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
Corail corne d'elan et poisson "gros yeux"
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
French angel and corals
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 53 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Sisters in the garden
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez
Painting - 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 31 x 1 inch
$1,300
Wanderer's Hymn 11
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 31.3 x 23.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.3 x 9.3 x 0 inch
$1,324
The Refuge of Memory 10
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 31.3 x 23.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.3 x 9.3 x 0 inch
$1,324
Letters From Quarantine 24
Yari Ostovany
Painting - 39 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,324
Reflet bleu sur papier X1/4 (1)
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$872
The forest call
Jacqueline Perez Saleh
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,301
The long-awaited spring
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 48 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
Farmer before the storm
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$10,066
Live in the moment with me
Kelly Jenkins
Painting - 70 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
$3,641
Bonneville Salt Flats
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,382
Generational feelings 24
David Murcia
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$4,331
Marine Bubble-Gum
Linda Clerget
Painting - 60 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,237 $2,013
White Flower / Fleur Blanche
Vinciane Closset
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,734
Sur place ou à emporter
Nicolas Monjo
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$895
Le voleur d'arcanes
Timothy Archer
Painting - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$5,369
Ballerina, the dark room II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$895 $537
Le quorum des trois
Timothy Archer
Painting - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$5,369
Le faune et la possible étreinte
Timothy Archer
Painting - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$5,369
Auto-portrait en prêtre de lune
Timothy Archer
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$4,586
Petit pont du Marais
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Travailleur au bonnet noir #2
Timothy Archer
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$3,691
Promenade nocturne
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 51 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
David's Gaze
Adriano Bernetti da Vila
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$3,803
Sphere of colors - Tribute to Sonia Delaunay
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
Hommage à Picasso, Guernica
Christian Jodin
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$895
Frutti di rovo
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Mondello Stabilimento
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Porto Mondello
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
Trasparenze Con Barca
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$783
Suspension XX (SG187)
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$727
Sbuffo di giallo
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$671
Wall Street Station
Eric Turlot
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,244
Riflessi nel prato
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 90 x 125 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 49.2 x 0 inch
$1,566
Puzzle Rouge Carmin et Or - Hommage a Gustav Klimt
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$582
Klimt Tribute Red Orange and Gold
Christian Jodin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$895
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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.