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Nature Morte - Still Life
Robert Labor
Painting - 58 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 22.8 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
$20,093
Veliky Ustyug. Evening. Embankment
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,907
St. Michael slays satan
Moushegh karavartanian
Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$804
Prunier Blanc
Corine Lescop
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,791 $2,372
The Irish Earl: 1st Earl of Leicester and favorite of Queen Elizabeth 1, Photobombed by Irish Wolfhound walking for Dolce & Gabbana
Helen Gorill
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,271
Venus d’ailleurs
Daniel Densborn
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,688
Flowting Memory
Miyuki Takanashi
Painting - 80.3 x 65.2 x 4 cm Painting - 31.6 x 25.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,684 $3,131
En apesanteur
Pascale Charrier-Royer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
Soucis, pensées et autres fleurs
Daniel Couthures
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$781
D'un port à l'autre
Christiane Huet
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$447
Le secret du fou
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,921
An important conversation
Igor Shulman
Painting - 109.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 43.2 x 23.5 x 2 inch
$2,900
Still life - flowers -5 (1) (1)
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 20 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$99
Elba Island panorama - Tuscany painting landscape
Biagio Chiesi
Painting - 40 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$486
La prairie des fées 1 - Paysage et nature
Florentine Peeters
Painting - 45 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,724
April in Sedniv
Victor Onyshchenko
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Green Table-Top
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,353 $3,700
Sur les chemins de campagne
Blanche Bérat
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,278
Un Soir au Moulin Rouge
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$334 $167
Sans titre (133)
Jean-Charles SANKARE
Painting - 50 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$447
Grand paysage lacustre 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,679
NOCTURNAL EMBRACE OF YELLOW & BLUE LOVE : SOLAR SERENADE
Hiro Ando
Painting - 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$4,465
Le palais berbère
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,327
Les bouquinistes à Paris
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,819
Jeune espoir
Maria Teresa Bertina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,349 $2,846
Babatunde (Reincarnation)
Orioye Bukola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$9,000
Blue light 1 (Blue light series)
Ruth Pastine
Painting - 152.4 x 81.3 x 6.4 cm Painting - 60 x 32 x 2.5 inch
$30,000
Still life with pomegranate and grape
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$280
Beginning of new story 2
Gobe Joseph
Painting - 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 42 x 1 inch
$5,550
Étude de la mer
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,842
April Fish - Red and Blue
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$334
Roméo et Juliette
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$14,456
Des Petites Marchandes Se Dirigent Vers Le Marché
Gervais-Emmanuel Ducasse
Painting - 61 x 40.6 cm Painting - 24 x 16 inch
$750
Under the Water
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$15,070
Première leçon
Georges Corominas
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$11,799
Tribal Indochine Woman II
Nguyen Quang Huy
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 inch
$6,000
Still life with samovar
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,679
L'écureuil à la botte d'asperges
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 35 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,647
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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.