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Niño de la Malvarrosa
Jose Manuel Merello
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,795
Arrives on Island of Sangaldip
Viraj Mithani
Painting - 157 x 121 x 2 cm Painting - 61.8 x 47.6 x 0.8 inch
$7,965
Woman Touring the Cosmos
Ezu Zapata Urrutiabeascoa
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,886
Honey Ant Dreaming - - EDA-JC2087/22
Janice Kngwarreye Clarke
Painting - 100 x 146 cm Painting - 39.4 x 57.5 inch
$2,132
Curves of a Turning Point
Vibeke Lunel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,375
Le porte-bonheur
Caroline Huet
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,188 $1,860
La ferme Caporal
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,693
Incandescence 2
Jean-François Morro
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,212
And the winner is...
Nicolas Badout
Painting - 136 x 136 x 1 cm Painting - 53.5 x 53.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,244
Caught in the middle
Marielle Orr
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,223
Colores compartidos I
Font Cleries
Painting - 81 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,675
Battle of galaxy
Isabelle Beaubien
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$4,600
Picsou Dollars Bags
Kellen Illouz
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,896
Color your life (paillette version)
Jean Jam
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,571
Mais il y a la Mer...
Christian Vidal
Painting - 66 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,683
Rectangles
Christian De Cambiaire
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,263
La pouliche, Jasmine
Tony O Connor
Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,076
Déesses de la mer
Venkat Singh Shyam
Painting - 75 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,019
A Very Strange Dream
Konstantin "ZMOGK" Danilov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$4,712
Fire Dreaming
Paddy Japaljari Sims
Painting - 193 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 76 x 46 x 1 inch
$2,500
Hunting below surface
Brigitte Yoshiko Pruchnow
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,066
Instants détournés
Pascal Honoré
Painting - 120 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,141
La mer aime le ciel - série Paysage marin abstrait
Cathy P
Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
$196
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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
$1,346
La vie en effervescence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$1,178
Holding your hands
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,795
Ashen Rainbow Ellipse 324
Jan Kaláb
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$10,658 $9,059
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,683 $1,027
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
$1,458
Strech the Noise
Linda Clerget
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,683 $1,515
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.