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N° 939 Simone de Beauvoir.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
N° 938 Michelangelo Merisi dit "Le Caravage".
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
Giacometti Alberto
Jean-Michel Lourenço
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$949
Les voiliers de Saint-Tropez…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$15,628
Alexander McQueen
Jean-Michel Lourenço
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Les enfants autruches
Ludovic Thiriez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,130
Celestial Spring Ensemble
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,284
Les frissons du printemps
Autonne
Painting - 91 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 35.8 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,233
Never know the what
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - 250 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 98.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$13,199
Le modèle épouvanté.
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,619
Someone from Crazy Horse Painting
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,065
Rêve abyssal - Abyssal dream
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 66 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$1,830
Hidden face - Black raven
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,563
Something about childhood
Liubou Sas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$982
Serge Gainsbourg
Jean-Michel Lourenço
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,060
Cloud ply on the horizon no.2
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 20 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,340
Birch grove no.5
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,340
Les enfants flippants I
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 55 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$837
Le chemin des douaniers
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,005
Winter fairy tale
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,684
Autumn forest no.4
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch
$5,023
Le quattro sagome
Vittorio Menditto
Painting - 100 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch
$3,126
End Lunar Effect Gianluca Fascetto, Italy,
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,456
Notre Dame N14
Valentin Savtcheko
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Levitation N8
Valentin Savtcheko
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
John Coltrane 4
Jean-Michel Lourenço
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$837
Untitled (A208)
Atom Hovhanesyan
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$30,000
Vain symmetry
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - 250 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 98.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$13,178
N° 1224 Abu Gosh. Office dominical.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
N° 1193 Rochefort. Au musée de...
R. Cavalié
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$893
N° 1186 Ile d'Aix. En balade 1.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$558
Madame Colette
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,060
N° 1052 Il fait très froid au sortir de...
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$558
Sir David Attenborough
Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,191
Ludwig van Beethoven
Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,186
Ready for the ball #2
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,395
Elegant dominant
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,009
Dawn in Paris
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
Rising to the starscape
Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,242
Les femmes c'est comme les crevettes
Valentine Bouvet
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
Moonlit Midnight Bouquet
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,730
Café de Flore, Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 36 x 0.75 inch
$8,000
Horus conduit la Reine Nefertari
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,456 $1,965
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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.