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Le Jour se Lève
Carlo Maiolini
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,060 $902
Granada (IV)
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 81 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Granada (II)
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 81 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Porta de Carlos V
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$1,451
Carré noir, bleu et or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$391 $195
Cubes magiques
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Zapping of colors
Christian Jodin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$329 $165
Rouge de Garance er Or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Cercles Rouge et Or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Carres Magiques et Or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Rouge, Jaune de Naples et Or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$445 $223
Carrés Magiques
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$391 $195
Bleu ceruléum et or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$445 $223
Cubes Magiques
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$391 $195
Zapping Pictural
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$445 $223
Rouge de Garance et Or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Hommage à Matisse
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Guitare et Raisins
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Hôtel Rive Gauche
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Hommage à Picasso
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Hommage à Klimt - Bleu Nuit
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$334 $167
Hommage à Klimt - Bleu Clair et Or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$334 $167
Bleu orange et or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$445 $223
Red Black and Gold Zapping
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$553 $277
Rostros sin rostro 7-18
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Painting - 72 x 50 x 10 cm Painting - 28.3 x 19.7 x 3.9 inch
$893
Rostros sin rostro 5-18
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Painting - 72 x 50 x 10 cm Painting - 28.3 x 19.7 x 3.9 inch
$893
Rostros sin rostro 11-18
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Painting - 28 x 57 cm Painting - 11 x 22.4 inch
$558
Rostros sin rostro
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Painting - 34 x 83 cm Painting - 13.4 x 32.7 inch
$871
Rambla de Barcelona
Josep Teixido
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,070
Sunflowers
Lusine Abrahamyan
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,116 $1,005
Not A Space For One
Chinedu Chidebe
Painting - 111.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,000
El triunfo
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,353
The Measure of Freedom, Series the Dimensional Space
Ya-Ping Dong
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,679 $2,277
1966 Paris blanc La Belle parisienne White Paris The Bistro A Parisian
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 38 x 52.5 cm Painting - 15 x 20.7 inch
$2,121
Retrato de carnaval
Joana Frontera
Painting - 81 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,674
Sol en la noche
Seila Otxandiano
Painting - 72 x 92 x 12 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 x 4.7 inch
$1,116
Traces 1987 Remains
Moon JANG CHULL
Painting - 119 x 49 x 0.3 cm Painting - 46.9 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,228
Entre Ferme et Moulin
Audrey Margeridon
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,019
The eye of humanity
Josep Garcia Marsal
Painting - 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$2,009
Un rei ofegat/Un rey ahogado
Ricard Romero de Tejada
Painting - 90 x 60 x 10 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
$837
Au milieu coule une rivière
Hervé Lenouvel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$871
Night in Yerevan
Kamsar Ohanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$670 $569
Terre de provence 2
Francis L'Huillier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$670 $603
Granada (XIII)
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 81 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Granada (VII)
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 81 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Granada (VI)
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 81 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Alborada de Hércules
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 50 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$1,786
Catedral de Lugo
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,507
Village
Harut Mnatsakanyan
Painting - 113 x 153 x 2 cm Painting - 44.5 x 60.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,563 $1,407
Ocaso no Castelo
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 40 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,451
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,005 $854
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
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
$1,451
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.
What is special about oil painting?
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.
What's the difference between oil painting and acrylic?
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.
Is oil painting easier than watercolor?
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.