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Another Valentine
Karen Woods
Painting - 40.64 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting - 16 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$6,254
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Christos Antonaropoulos
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$24,159
Sky blue water II
Daniel McKinley
Painting - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$21,251
Still Life With Red Scarf
Helene Halstuch
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 3.3 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1.3 inch
$5,700
Bouquet de fleurs
Jean-Pierre Pophilat
Painting - 71 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,369
Loci guardian of a place
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,152
Golden New York
Angelika Richter
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$8,600
A la renverse
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,362
Jeune fille espagnole au foulard
Edouard Morerod
Painting - 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,462
Personnage assis " Gong Hill Frontière du Tanganyika - Kenya"
Alois Wittlin
Painting - 65 x 53.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,391
Incandescent
John Belingheri
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.16 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 inch
$28,529
Scorpios Island Greece Christina Onassis Yacht
Eugeny Chalakoff
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,496
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Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
Dawn over the lake
Dawid Zdobylak
Painting - 75 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,572
Still life with lemons
Nataliia Pavliuk
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,691
Fillette aux boucles rousse
Lucien-Philippe Moretti
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,333
Fruit of the Goddess
Gino Tintin
Painting - 112 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 44.1 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,295
It will never be the last time
Gabriela Culic
Painting - 120 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
Jeune femme hongroise avec un miroir
Gyula Kovács
Painting - 60 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,088
Femme d'Afrique du Nord
Francisque Noailly
Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,388
Homme devant la fenêtre
Victor Ruzo
Painting - 85 x 54.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,345
Portrait d'un notable
J.F. Meyer
Painting - 58 x 47.5 x 2 cm Painting - 22.8 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,321
Notable à moustache
Jules Matthey
Painting - 81 x 65.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,282
Ladies to the pond - France painting Belle Epoque + frame
Antonio Pecorelli
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Dame à lunettes assise
Paul Théophile Robert
Painting - 82 x 75.5 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,443
Nevermore 3
Luis Enrique Toledo
Painting - 116.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 36 x 1 inch
$17,000
Le vendeur de rue
Edouard Menta
Painting - 46.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,720
La marchande de poissons, Genève 1814
Alexandre Cingria
Painting - 110.2 x 78 x 1 cm Painting - 43.4 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,935
The Banquet
George Vuillard
Painting - 51.4 x 61.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.25 x 24.25 x 1 inch
$3,720
Jeune fille au bord de la fenêtre
Fritz Glarner
Painting - 92 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,353
Jeune femme en costume oriental et bouquet de fleurs
Blanche Pierron
Painting - 85 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,227
THINKING ABOUT : VIRTUAL CONTEMPLATION OR NAVIGATING THE MIND’S CODE
Sumomo Kanashiwa
Painting - 140 x 123 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 48.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,711
San Francisco
Dominique Bellanger
Painting - 95 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,915
Terrasse enneigée à Venise
Aimé Venel
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
Abstract portrait blue
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 9.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$212
The True North
Roldán Lauzán Eiras
Painting - 170 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,849
Stone pot with apples
Jan Nederlof
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,082
Les pas de la passion, Jesus tombe pour la première fois
Sérgio Ferro
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$17,895
Jeune Espagnole
Carlo Wostry
Painting - 49 x 39 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,349 $1,996
Jia Jing - Dame à l'hermine
Jing JIA
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$10,066
Maci (Teddy Bear)
Szabolcs Bozó
Painting - 40.64 x 38.1 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$55,000
What My Blood Remembers
Brent Godfrey
Painting - 170.2 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 67 x 55 x 2 inch
$17,500
Juegos nunca aprehendidos
Carlos Vidal
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,060
Le Fauteuil Bleu
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
Catalunya t’estimo
Manuel Coronado
Painting - 100 x 81 x 10 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 3.9 inch
$10,737
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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.