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March morning
Oleksandr Khrapachov
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Emotional Landscape 10
Kayo Shido
Painting - 92 x 122 x 0.2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$5,559
Nuns Fly Kites 2
Betty Carvajal
Painting - 91.44 x 60.96 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$4,854
December 11, snowy path in Mézenc
Anne Baudequin
Painting - 50 x 72.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,300
Premonition
Sergiu-Bogdan Roman
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$4,306
Indian Wind palace Jaipur
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
Metissage Urbain Aubervilliers
Benoit Tessier
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Twin Palms Contemporary Oil Painting
Karen Lynn
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 inch
$4,200
Bouquet de fleurs et vase en verre
Alexandre Rochat
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,161
Ode to Alice Neel
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
Bord de mer et voilier
Armand Cacheux
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,137
Prairie aux fougères
Yves Calméjane
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$1,991
Mood for Love
Siranush Vardanyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Art of Rain - Spring
Hannelore Bueki
Painting - 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$8,780
Drawings for invisible hands #2
Sooyeon Hong
Painting - 78.7 x 54.4 cm Painting - 31 x 21.4 inch
$3,300
Nighttime Township
Christine Drummond
Painting - 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,500
Dragon Sleeps in the Heaven of Flowers
Li Lei
Painting - 150 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$23,488
Running from the wave 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch
$536
Camelot, Oil Paint, Colored Graphite on Panel Painting
Doug Frohman
Painting - 106.7 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 42 x 42 x 2 inch
$7,600
Self-portrait in a mask
Kamila Gruszecka
Painting - 72 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
In a reverie she saw The fox on a mast
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - 170 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,910
XXXL Abstract Antarctica (Diptych)
Susan Wooler
Painting - 100.1 x 199.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,655
Abstract Painting Series 2
Cao Fan
Painting - 77 x 57 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,592
The Colorful Bubble Of Hope
Gabriel Monte
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$559
Aux abords de la maison
Francois Priser
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Panthère 1970 Panther
Tilda Thamar
Painting - 90 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$5,587
The House on the Cliff
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,510
In Venice
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Searching the best part
Pol Ledent
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
The vain efforts of Don Quixotte
Pol Ledent
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
The sunshine of your love
Pol Ledent
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Swimming (Les Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024 - Natation)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$554
Taylor Swift's Concert in Paris
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$168
Taylor Swift at Parisian Gallery Opening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$218
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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.
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.
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.
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.