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Paysage de campagne genevoise, vue sur le Môle
Christian Zwahlen
Painting - 37 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,758
Paysage d'automne et vue sur le lac
René Martin
Painting - 51 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,395
Fleurs au pichet
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,172
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,098
Nature morte au vase
William Victor Aubert
Painting - 46.5 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,055
Portail à la campagne
Charles Monnier
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,512
A scent of evening for You
Joanna Sierko-Filipowska
Painting - 87 x 127 x 5 cm Painting - 34.3 x 50 x 2 inch
$27,962
Natale in Sicilia
Giulio D'Angelo
Painting - 32.5 x 29.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.8 x 11.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,794
Place de Naples animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 38 x 22.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch
$938
Le pont de l'Alma, Paris
Sergio Telles
Painting - 57 x 78.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22.4 x 30.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,110
Le fond de ma tasse de café (1)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$213
Meares and Cook Victoria
James Gordaneer
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,900
Provence : Village d’Aurel
Olivier Boissinot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,778
Les pins incines-Anzère
Guy Bardone
Painting - 50.5 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.9 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,665
Chaîne de montagnes
Henri Vincent Gillard
Painting - 22 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,407
Bateau à marée basse 2
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$671
La petite maison grise
Giuseppe Zago
Painting - 55.5 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,063
Rue de Mogador
Claude Volkenstein
Painting - 82 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
Nature morte aux oranges et citrons
Jean-Jacques Abieniste
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,993
Lac de montagne
Louis Camille Gianoli
Painting - 33 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,758
Ferme au bord de l'étang
Angiolo Volpe
Painting - 51.5 x 73.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.3 x 28.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,442
Paysage au bord du lac
A. Augsburger
Painting - 46 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,864
Fête de village avec ramasseur de broussailles
Alexandre Marcette
Painting - 74 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,993
Nature morte aux livres et à la pipe
S. Pagani
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,524
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venise
Giuseppe Milto
Painting - 26.5 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,087
Nature morte aux pommes, poires et raisin
K. Haeuser
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,110
Paysage d'Avusy, Genève
Andrée Malval Desbaillets
Painting - 60 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch
$2,098
Paysans au bord de l'étang
V. Attanasi
Painting - 36.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 14.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,087
Paysage de collines avec pâturage
Marguerite MASSIP
Painting - 53 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,465
Sul prato a primavera
Renato Bertoloni
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,547
Tartanes, calme du soir
Elie Bernadac
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$1,969
Nature morte aux fruits et pichet vert
Georges Duval
Painting - 60.5 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,020
Le Verger, Hermance
John Henri DELUC
Painting - 49.5 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.5 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,172
Nature morte
Nicolas Roumiantzeff
Painting - 38.5 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,172
Vue de Cologny, Genève
Charles Felix Appenzeller
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,090
Personnages Orientaux devant la statue Diane
Charles Andréani
Painting - 65 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Poissons, citron et cuivre
Jules Jacques Olivier De Cocquerel
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,524
Paysage de printemps campagne et Jura
Jules Ami Courvoisier
Painting - 37 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,571
Cabane et roulotte en Camargue
Gilbert Chavan
Painting - 50 x 62.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,114
Hameau, Vallée de Merlan
Pierre Barthélémy
Painting - 22 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$1,829
Fête nocturne de la côte
Alexander Fritz Werner
Painting - 15 x 17.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 5.9 x 6.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,172
Vue de nuit d'une ville hongroise
György Csato
Painting - 65 x 48.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,196
Venise mystérieuse
Rodolfo Paoletti
Painting - 50.5 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.9 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,407
Chien et faon
Robert Franz Curry
Painting - 65.5 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,278
Râteaux de pêche sur une côte méditerranéenne
Arnaldo De Lisio
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,122
Bouquet de fleurs
Jean-Louis Berger
Painting - 55 x 33.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,149
Sentier Corse et olivier
Tony Gardella
Painting - 55 x 46.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,114
Nature morte avec panier de fruits et légumes
Joseph Vanmaekelberghe
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,407
Le paysage piémontais
Giuseppe Buscaglione
Painting - 31 x 44 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,137
Carriage of Travertine
Giuseppe Raggio
Painting - 80 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$89,477
Paysage des Alpes Suisse
Edoardo De Grada
Painting - 30 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 14 x 0.2 inch
$1,407
Fabuleux Cirque Bleu
Danielle Balagé
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Cochon noir
Jean-Philippe Escafre
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
Paysage de campagne avec arbre fruitier en fleurs
Furlani
Painting - 34 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,055
Couple d'oiseaux sur une branche fruitée
C.B. Hjortdal
Painting - 28.5 x 36.5 x 1 cm Painting - 11.2 x 14.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,110
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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.