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Nature on the coast - Ravello Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
Seaside lookout - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
Pointview of the town - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
View of the Stacks - Capri Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
Terrace on the sea vertical - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
Fruit & flowers - Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
Boats on the beach - Positano painting & frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$474
Amalfi flowery road - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$363
Early spring
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,340
Blooming hills - Tuscany painting & handmade frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Vineyard valley - Tuscany painting & handmade frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Blooming hills - Tuscany painting landscape
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Vineyard valley - Tuscany painting landscape
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Spring countryside - Tuscany painting landscape & frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Summer countryside - Tuscany painting landscape & frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Summer countryside - Tuscany landscape painting
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Spring countryside - Tuscany painting landscape
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Les parasols série mer et plage
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Les parasols série mer et plage
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Les parasols série mer et plage
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Kiki Smith Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Spring windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$257
The Astronaut
Ian Bertolucci
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.3 cm Painting - 39.37 x 39.37 x 0.5 inch
$5,023
Simone de Beauvoir Les Plapitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Ardeur et tendresse
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,103
Benodet Bretagne, voiliers et bateaux de pêche
Michel Maly
Painting - 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,579 $4,121
Bouquet au bougeoir
Michel Maly
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$4,579 $4,121
Abstraction, dans l’œil du cyclone
Catherine Clare
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$781 $703
PAPARAZZI : LIMELIGHT SHADOWS
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 150 x 170 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 66.9 x 2 inch
$7,144
All the Homies Fucked Your Bitch
Isaac Pelayo
Painting - 59.7 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.5 x 19.5 x 1 inch
$6,950
San Xulian de Faro
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$507
Portrait de Surma N°4
Catherine Clare
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,340 $1,206
Portrait de Surma N°3
Catherine Clare
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,340 $1,206
Yin et Yang
Catherine Clare
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch
$2,009 $1,808
The untamed mustang
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,619 $1,457
Young girl at the urne
Catherine Clare
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$1,786 $1,607
Terre de Sienne. Toscane
Michel Maly
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$9,551 $8,596
L'égrégore du bonheur
Clara Crespin
Painting - 21 x 26 x 2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
$558 $502
Mustang in the sky
Catherine Clare
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,563 $1,407
Sortilèges n°3 (en exposition jusqu'au 26/04/24)
Marta Grassi
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$781
Harmonie hivernale
Steliana Mocanu
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,786
Le bleu du ciel série 11 01/02/03
Johann Rivat
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,140
Flowers with my girl
Attasit Pokpong
Painting - 115 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$20,093
I’m Better off on My Own Any Fuckin Way - Pelaggio
Isaac Pelayo
Painting - 102 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$10,500
Vivid obsidian
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - 250 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 98.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$13,193
Amelia on her way
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,094
Magic bus in Kathmandu 70s
Catherine Clare
Painting - 65 x 92 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,786 $1,607
Still life with an orange tablecloth
Catherine Clare
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$837 $753
Tango aux cerises
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$2,780 $2,641
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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.