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Poetic Landscape 9
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$781
Contre le vent 3/31
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 169 x 169 x 3 cm Painting - 66.5 x 66.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,414
Underwater painting Abstract coral reef was made underwater
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch
$2,233
Down below blue & white
Gordon Hopkins
Painting - 110 x 150 x 10 cm Painting - 43.3 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$9,488
Space abstraction-7
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 66 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 43 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Chaleur Humaine - Fruit Défendu
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,572
Suisse : Neige d'Automne
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,898
Treasures of the forest
Genia Sheyn
Painting - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,005
Suisse dernières neiges
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,953
L'entente dans la foi
André Lanskoy
Painting - 55 x 46.2 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.2 x 0.8 inch
$32,930
Flowers Painting African Tree Pohutukawa
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$893
White birds of paradise
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Bougainvillea de Gran Canaria
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
White Series, Profondeur
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,619
Trésor - série portrait de femme
Namy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,535
Mauvaise langue
Frédéric Blaimont
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Le rocher de Consolation
Elise Barat
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$726
Abstract Composition II
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,340
Paris, la ville bleue
Marianne Dencausse Robbe
Painting - 73 x 54 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 inch
$1,049
Voyages voyages...
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
The dark and light
Juliana Haggoo
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,344
Sunset Silhouettes
Juliana Haggoo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,791
Sirène si Reine
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,116 $1,060
Whispers of the autumn forest
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 62 x 77 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Through the storm
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Un moment se sérénité série parcs et jardins
Danièle Badet
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,005
Rivages lointains série mer et océans
Danièle Badet
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,395
Untitled Abstract
George Pinder
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.5 inch
$1,654
Syngonium
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228 $1,105
Vierge à l'enfant
Catherine Clare
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$726 $653
Watch In Awe As It Unfolds
Nick Vivian
Painting - 100 x 80 x 10 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$2,748
The Distance
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,116 $949
Portrait PS 198 Le Chaperon Rouge (Large)
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,674
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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 $1,020
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
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
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.