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Moulin en Provence
François Gos
Painting - 54 x 65.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,716
Imperia Corail
Anne du Planty
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,186 $3,559
Le petit fumeur
François Xavier Bricard
Painting - 68.5 x 55.5 x 2 cm Painting - 27 x 21.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,029
bal masqué au village
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,019
Golden clouds. Chamzinka
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,600
Temperature reach critical level
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,572
Vue sur les toits
Frédéric Goerg
Painting - 36.8 x 36.8 x 2 cm Painting - 14.5 x 14.5 x 0.8 inch
$904
Conchiglia
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 18.5 x 21 x 0.4 cm Painting - 7.3 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch
$190 $162
The National Theatre
David Walker
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$5,495
Retour de mission
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$17,302
Sea Harbor
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$781
Saga about Normans
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,046
Les mouettes de l'horizon...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$726
Cadillac en sous bois
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$15,628
Portail à Brie
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$629
Coupe de fruits
Percival Pernet
Painting - 32 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
$595
Perpetuum Mobile
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,930 $7,591
Trajectory
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,930 $7,591
Jungle splendor. Leaves of palms - Coastal vibes
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$692
Nuance Intérieure
Alice Plantain
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.7 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,116
No Interview at the Intersection
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 540 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 212.6 x 2.4 inch
$53,023 $45,070
Paysage en montagne au bord du ruisseau
Louis Rheiner
Painting - 30 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,144
Shame there isn't a cornershop to buy some pop in it
Adam de Ville
Painting - 50 x 75 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 2 inch
$2,617
Proposal
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,144 $6,073
L'appel à la récréation au pensionnat
Alois Wittlin
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$915
Barques à Burano, Canale Di Pizzo
Giulio D'Angelo
Painting - 40 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,075
Place du marché animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 35 x 16.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$869
Pivoines et pavots
Daniel Couthures
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Sunset snowed in Paris - France Belle Epoque painting
Francesco Tammaro
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$726
Still, Waiting (Contemporary Abstract Figure Painting)
G. Campbell Lyman
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,770
Migration III, Jour 20
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,572
We're in the Pink Now
Glynne James
Painting - 91.5 x 101.5 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 40 x 1.2 inch
$4,678
Parisian Gallery Opening - Amazed
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$441
Parisian Gallery Opening - The Artist
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$441
Les chemins du silence n°2 - série Paysage et forêt
Ursula Durr-Land
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$636
Arab Spring Series | Can You Read Me Now
Ghada Jamal
Painting - 170 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$16,000
Composition sur fond beige
Rajendra Dhawan
Painting - 55 x 67 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 26.4 x 1 inch
$10,046
Mademoiselle d'automne
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,688
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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
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
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.