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La petite maison grise
Giuseppe Zago
Painting - 55.5 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$885
Nature morte au képi, épée et uniforme
Hermann Haller
Painting - 69.5 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 27.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
Paysage au bord du lac
A. Augsburger
Painting - 46 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$678
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
$770
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
$793
1981 Un Title N° 2 Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea
Kwan Soo PARK
Painting - 73 x 91 x 0.3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch
$5,553
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
$804
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
$758
FONTANA Hommage Tribute
Yoo HA SONG
Painting - 132 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 52 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,375
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
$690
Paysage de collines avec pâturage
Marguerite MASSIP
Painting - 53 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,149
Bouquet de roses fanées
Charles Emile Brunner
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$942
Mère et enfant
Pierre Ernest Kohl
Painting - 38.5 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$701
Horizon l'étoile (Douce volupté songe du sage)
Alexis Alary
Painting - 146 x 226 x 1 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89 x 0.4 inch
$5,161
Tartanes, calme du soir
Elie Bernadac
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$850
La Fontaine, Cheseaux
Henri Châtillon
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$758
Nature morte
Nicolas Roumiantzeff
Painting - 38.5 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$804
Vue de Cologny, Genève
Charles Felix Appenzeller
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,069
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
$1,494
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
$919
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
$1,092
Hameau, Vallée de Merlan
Pierre Barthélémy
Painting - 22 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$839
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
$896
Femmes au foin
Clemente Pugliese-Levi
Painting - 55 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,586
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
$1,172
Venise mystérieuse
Rodolfo Paoletti
Painting - 50.5 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.9 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,379
Visione Veneziana
Pino Pessina Da Castanedo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,666
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
$2,080
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
$747
Le paysage piémontais
Giuseppe Buscaglione
Painting - 31 x 44 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,115
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
$1,379
Glade with waterfall in backlight - Italian impressionist old painting
Luciano Torsi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$690
Femme assise préparant le repas
Francisco Torres Matas
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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
$1,000
Paysage marin abstrait
Gilles Candelé
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$247
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
$2,069
Le Brassus, Vallée De Joux
Lucien Schwob
Painting - 65.5 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,666
Couple en balade au bord de l'étang avec chien et cygnes
Ziveri
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,885
Poilus en Chemin
Eugène Chaperon
Painting - 55.5 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,551
Promenade en bord du lac
Elisa Berlincourt
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Jardin du Café Fagolle, Acacias, Genève
H. Doshueses
Painting - 40.5 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$770
Parterre de fleurs
Friedemann Lichtwitz
Painting - 52.5 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.7 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch
$770
Landscape LVIII
Bartosz Michal Hoppe Sadowski
Painting - 150 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,697
Les lavandières au bord de la rivière
C. Lianz
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
Paysage de lac et montagnes
Jean Heitmann
Painting - 23.2 x 33.7 x 1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 13.3 x 0.4 inch
$988
Under The Pink Umbrella
Bethany Harper Williams
Painting - 76 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$3,423
Le Vieux Rouen Rue Damiette
Bernard Guilain
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
St. George and the Dragon (Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting)
George Zafero
Painting - 119.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 47 x 1 inch
$3,769
Pêcheurs dans le Golf de Naples devant l'île de Capri
Eugenio Bonivento
Painting - 23.3 x 15.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.1 inch
$942
Paysage Près d'Aesch à Bâle-Campagne
René Bollmer
Painting - 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch
$839
Hommes puisant de l'eau dans des oasis
Spilioti
Painting - 21 x 26.2 x 1.5 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.3 x 0.6 inch
$747
Nature morte au cuivre, poterie et pommes
A. Bally
Painting - 44 x 59 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,034
Paysans et chevaux avec charettes dans un champs
Gûo
Painting - 48 x 58 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 22.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,161
A la lisière du bois
Wilhelm (William) Müller
Painting - 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,126
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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 $1,020
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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
$1,458
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,346
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
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.