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Sous ton parapluie
Christian Raffin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Without Title (Sans Titre)
Emerich Meerson
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€9,900
Midnight Glamour
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€15,342
Jazz in the rhythm of red flowers
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€400
Flowery terrace horizontal version - Amalfi painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€365
Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€365
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€230
Flowery terrace vertical version - Amalfi painting (Italy)
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€230
Yerevan's Architectural Tapestry
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€336
Pomegranate and Melodies
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€144
Dawn's Radiant Voyage
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€288
Midnight poppies
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€240
Green Hills
Yannick Aaron
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,500 €2,800
The sun goes down - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€315
Towards the village - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€315
Flowery belvedere - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€315
A l'envers, à l'endroit
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€390
Une pomme tire le rideau
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€390
Le pont des chromosomes suspendus
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€390
Knights of the Galaxy
Lena Applebaum
Painting - 140 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
€7,226
La liberté de plaire guidant le peuple
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 130 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
€18,500
Une envie de Picasso A desire of Picasso
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€6,900
Features of simultaneous interpreting
Tanya Grinevich
Painting - 254 x 254 x 5.1 cm Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 inch
€5,400
Aiguille de Scolette - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€165
Dôme des Glaciers - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€165
Au dessus d'Aussois - Savoie
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€165
Glacier des Arcs - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€165
Dent Parrachée - Savoie / Haute Maurienne
Michel Jamet
Painting - 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€165
Regard en chien
Aurélie Quentin
Painting - 130 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
€5,880
Étude de vagues – Lacanau
Michel Jamet
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€125
Flat Lies (Terra)
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Underwater Waltz
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€431
Sous la pluie (3)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
€313
Sous la pluie (2)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
€313
Sous la pluie (1)
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch
€313
Sirop maison 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
€165
Couleurs d'automne 2
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€125
Des songes qui brûlent 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€125
Sirop maison 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
€165
Couleurs d'automne 1
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€125
Ne nous piétine pas
Andisheh Moghtaderpour
Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
€125
Sous le soleil exactement/15
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
€800
Femme en bleu à la terrasse d'un café.
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Terre bleue
Pascale Jacquemond-Collet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€850
Portrait with Bird
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Disappeared where it's hard to disappear
On Hansen
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.1 inch
€2,877
A l'écoute du silence
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,000 €1,800
Without Title (Sans Titre)
Emerich Meerson
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€4,999
Conversation of Two Muses
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Refracted Visage 3
Niall Pickvance
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,150
Double Love for Merrick
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 92 x 183 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 72 x 1.6 inch
€3,810
Golden meteorites 2 in 3D - stars, skylights, gold leaf, gilding, plaster, objects
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
Par dessus les grillages 3
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 100 x 130 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 inch
€4,200
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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.
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.
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.
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.