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Strenght of Ekilorea
Marielle Simzer
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.6 inch
$1,116
Gutxi Skye Dreams
Marielle Simzer
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.6 inch
$1,116
On the Horizon (A l'Horizon)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$279
Streets of Los Angeles
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
Bay of Balos
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,931
Sea coast of Australia
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,987
Fleurs au vase bleu
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Rocky coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,875
Night shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,820
Black tulips - black, white geometric abstraction, dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$670
De guerre lasse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Phare à la pointe - série Paysage marin
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,395
Epaves sur la Grève - série Paysage marin
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Impermanence 03-2021
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Red-haired girl
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,507
Impermanence 09-2022
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Abstract-180 Happy Mind
Nivas Kanhere
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1 inch
$4,200
Abstract-182 On Voyage of Highness
Nivas Kanhere
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1 inch
$4,200
Masquerade of emotions
Aram Sevoyan
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
The First One Always Sticks
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$720
Velvet Befriended Artemis
Vakhtang Khelashvili
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2.2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.9 inch
$1,451
Fire Flame (1)
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 31 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,005
Dandelion World
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 10 x 15 x 0.5 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch
$815
North Side of Lasqueti
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 19 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$860
The Blind Men and The Elephant
Carl White
Painting - 36 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,211
New Found Cockatoo Whisper
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 112 x 193 x 3 cm Painting - 44.1 x 76 x 1.2 inch
$66,976
Cockatoos Whisper Joy
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 127 x 178 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1.2 inch
$66,976
Snoopy drank to much Dom Pérignon champagne
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,572
From the series Ecology of soul and nature IV
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,674
The city waking up
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,028
She wants Bitcoin X10
Kseniya Rai
Painting - 70 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Weather Pattern II,
Nicholas Kriefall
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$3,200
Sea Effloresce
Nicholas Kriefall
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$3,200
Racing Thunderheads
Nicholas Kriefall
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$3,250
Ravine: Light Thief
Nicholas Kriefall
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$4,200
Running Towards Each Other
Xiang Shuai
Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,009
Summer's light bouquet
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$279
Fusion of red roses (1)
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$279
Bouquet of red roses
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$279
Rural landscape with a boat
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$837
Japanese meadow daisies
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$580
_Princesse de la mer
Léonid Sergueiev
Painting - 68 x 48 x 3.5 cm Painting - 26.8 x 18.9 x 1.4 inch
$2,221
A corner of the Garden
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$971
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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
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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
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.