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Le sens de la vie
Paul Flickinger
Painting - 62 x 51 x 0.2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,498
Les petits oiseaux
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,120
In the forest
María del Mar Fontané
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,329
Corpuscule on apricot
Vuokko Takala - Schreib
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,384
Smoky Election Promises
Simon Richard Halimi
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$39,959
Le soleil est dans tes yeux - I
Leona Rose
Painting - 130 x 103 cm Painting - 51.2 x 40.6 inch
$3,885
Hannya One: The burden of darkness, the promise of light
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
Smooth Operator
John Herbert Wright
Painting - 137.2 x 147.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 58 x 1 inch
$10,000
Malecon 15 años
Luis Miguel Valdes
Painting - 199.9 x 460 x 0.3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 181.1 x 0.1 inch
$26,000
Je suis le chien flottant dans ton cosmos
Lionel Sourisseau
Painting - 36 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$888
Tout va bien dans le meilleur des mondes
Patrick Dumas
Painting - 175 x 220 x 5 cm Painting - 68.9 x 86.6 x 2 inch
$5,550
One sunny day of 2020
Kikuko Sakota
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$444
The forms and colours create new elements
Viviane Verbrugge
Painting - 113 x 83 x 2 cm Painting - 44.5 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
Peindre au temps du Covid
Hélène Sorel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$422
Where money grows on trees
Therese Lydia Joseph
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 2 inch
$384
Marilyn crying (Fire red)
Russell Young
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 4 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1.6 inch
$19,979
Girl with the taurus
Nico Vrielink
Painting - 55 x 155 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 61 x 0.8 inch
$5,494
Paix et liberté pour tous
Glauc'
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,110
America's Greed
Matthew Sadergaski
Painting - 30.5 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$1,110
Anonyme, le musicien
Azeddine Essaouira
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$253
Looking past the Magnolia Tree
Ken Done
Painting - 121 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 47.6 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
$12,867
By the river
Tomasz Kolodziejczyk
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,330
Transformation through the imagination of lovers VI
Cordula Rock
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,105
In times like this
Dennis Onofua
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,000
Metsuki, expresar atraves de la mirada
Suca
Painting - 40 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,720
Raccordement
Mehdi Cibille Le MoDuLe De ZeeR
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,768
Girl and Two Suitors
Hugo Kysilka
Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,332
Pandemic Play
Oladeinde Aralola Eniola
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,200
Le pantalon jaune
Shaked Adiv
Painting - 78 x 54 x 1.5 cm Painting - 30.7 x 21.3 x 0.6 inch
$3,318 $2,987
Nirvana
Fatunmbi Anjolaoluwa Grace
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
Destiny of a Young Man
John Ayobamidele
Painting - 104.9 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$4,000
Caminos que vienen y van
Regina Lotti
Painting - 100 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$8,092
It's All in the Eye
Agbabiaka Oluwakayode
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,400
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Maison avec une grande histoire, Rome II
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
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
$1,332
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
$959
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,665
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.