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Cool night
Stephanie Brody-Lederman
Painting - 20.5 x 25.4 x 2 cm Painting - 8.1 x 10 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Angel XO
Rinalds Vanadzins
Painting - 104.9 x 66.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 41.3 x 26.3 x 0.7 inch
$2,900
Mosaic of the sunset
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,550
Calas del Edén
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 150 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$3,126
Crabes & Carapaces
Christine Dumas de Rauly
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,009
Le Poignard Enchanté
Fabienne Audouze (Fabie)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$844
Into the Flow II
Lia Van Leeuwen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
Strange Birds with a warm heart Nr 3 & 4
Jacqueline Schäfer
Painting - 30 x 48 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 18.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,116
Libre comme l'air 2
Marielle Ritlewski
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$1,563
Neo Surrealistic Sunrise
José Galant
Painting - 78.7 x 147.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31 x 58 x 2 inch
$2,200
Numerazione lineare
Paolo Iacchetti
Painting - 42 x 40 x 3.3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 15.7 x 1.3 inch
$4,019
Geschüle Unlerwe
Kurt Josef Haas
Painting - 122 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$12,837
Balls deep in the street
Luke Yocum
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$9,544
Traces of time I
Simeon Panayotov
Painting - 125 x 43.5 x 5 cm Painting - 49.2 x 17.1 x 2 inch
$1,060
Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru
Nazareth Collins Jangala
Painting - 40 x 40 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$558
What Do You Collect?
Ia Liparteliani
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,674
Lake Romance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Daniel Clarke
Painting - 45.7 x 91.4 x 1.3 cm Painting - 18 x 36 x 0.5 inch
$976
Silver Rain: Diptych
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 71.1 x 101.6 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 40 x 0.8 inch
$2,050
Bouquet de fleurs et coupe de fruits
Raya Safir
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$614
Sans titre (TAF166933)
Hervé Ringer
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Les jeux de mon enfance, les maitres de la nuit
Christian Esctal
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,907
A rush of wind trought the leaves
Jorge Calero
Painting - 89.9 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
$950
City lights
Ifigenia Christodoulidou
Painting - 99.1 x 50.8 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39 x 20 x 1.6 inch
$1,950
Take Your Places
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,360
Last Man Standing - Street Velvet Green
RAM
Painting - 132 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting - 52 x 20.5 x 0 inch
$558
The First Cracks in the Cosmos
Preston M Smith
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,480
Trying to integrate, Painting, Acrylic on MDF panel
Bob Hunt
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$875
Melody for guitar and sax
Silvia Vassileva
Painting - 58.4 x 119.4 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 47 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
405 Under the sea, Painting, Acrylic on wood panel
Anne B Schwartz
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 0.8 inch
$1,325
Savouring the Sweetness
Angela Dierks
Painting - 75.9 x 75.9 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
Inner Sparks #2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Selene Art
Painting - 149.9 x 49.8 x 2 cm Painting - 59 x 19.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,426
Liberation of the mind opus 38
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 32 x 2 inch
$1,682
La interna contradicción
Uxue Con X
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,889
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Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,340
Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$964
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,674
Aux alentours d'Aix en Provence
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,014
Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
What is acrylic paint used for?
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
How do you do acrylic paintings?
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
What is the weakness of acrylic paint?
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.