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Paysage au bord de l'eau
Daniel Ihly
Painting - 35 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,967
L'étendage au bord du lac
Louis Rheiner
Painting - 21.5 x 12.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.5 x 4.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,095
Rue de Mogador
Claude Volkenstein
Painting - 82 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,125
Les blés de Puplinge, Genève
Jules Gaillepand
Painting - 42 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,397
Paysage de campagne et paysans fauchant du foin
Albert Silvestre
Painting - 43 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting - 16.9 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,746
Village de pêcheurs et réparation des bateaux - côte amalfitaine
Giuseppe Iannicella
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,072
La Thièle, Yverdon
Gabriel Edouard Haberjahn
Painting - 38 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,420
Paysage de campagne genevoise, vue sur le Môle
Christian Zwahlen
Painting - 37 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,746
Paysage d'automne et vue sur le lac
René Martin
Painting - 51 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,385
Fleurs au pichet
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,164
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,084
Nature morte aux épis de maïs
Piero Poraccia
Painting - 50 x 69.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,281
Paesaggio di Romagna
Giannino Marchig
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,095
Nature morte au vase
William Victor Aubert
Painting - 46.5 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,048
Portail à la campagne
Charles Monnier
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,502
Route de San Remo, mioli attelage
Arthur Jean Baptiste Calame
Painting - 22 x 32 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,187
Natale in Sicilia
Giulio D'Angelo
Painting - 32.5 x 29.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.8 x 11.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,781
Place de Naples animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 38 x 22.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch
$931
Le pont de l'Alma, Paris
Sergio Telles
Painting - 57 x 78.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22.4 x 30.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,095
Fabuleux Cirque Bleu
Danielle Balagé
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,979
Cochon noir
Jean-Philippe Escafre
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,274
Les pins incines-Anzère
Guy Bardone
Painting - 50.5 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.9 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,653
Coquelicots et lavande dans le Lubéron - série Paysage impressioniste
Monique Laville
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,683
Chaîne de montagnes
Henri Vincent Gillard
Painting - 22 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,397
Untitled WVZ 661 yellow
Dirk Rathke
Painting - 41.9 x 69.9 x 6.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 27.5 x 2.4 inch
$3,500
Le Vieux Rouen Rue Damiette
Bernard Guilain
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,046
Paysage enneigé
E. Perrenoud-Monnier
Painting - 27 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,152
Bateau à marée basse 2
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$682
La petite maison grise
Giuseppe Zago
Painting - 55.5 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,049
Nature morte aux oranges et citrons
Jean-Jacques Abieniste
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,979
Lac de montagne
Louis Camille Gianoli
Painting - 33 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,746
Ferme au bord de l'étang
Angiolo Volpe
Painting - 51.5 x 73.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.3 x 28.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,432
Paysage au bord du lac
A. Augsburger
Painting - 46 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,851
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
$1,513
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
$2,072
Nature morte aux pommes, poires et raisin
K. Haeuser
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,095
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
$2,084
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
$2,072
Paysage de collines avec pâturage
Marguerite MASSIP
Painting - 53 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,455
Paysage au vieux pont
Marcelle Ducret
Painting - 36 x 44.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.2 x 17.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,177
Sul prato a primavera
Renato Bertoloni
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,537
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
$5,229
Tartanes, calme du soir
Elie Bernadac
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$1,956
Le Verger, Hermance
John Henri DELUC
Painting - 49.5 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.5 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,164
Nature morte
Nicolas Roumiantzeff
Painting - 38.5 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,164
Vue de Cologny, Genève
Charles Felix Appenzeller
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,083
Personnages Orientaux devant la statue Diane
Charles Andréani
Painting - 65 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,688
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
$1,513
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
$1,560
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
$1,106
Hameau, Vallée de Merlan
Pierre Barthélémy
Painting - 22 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$1,816
Femmes au foin
Clemente Pugliese-Levi
Painting - 55 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,606
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
$1,187
Venise mystérieuse
Rodolfo Paoletti
Painting - 50.5 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.9 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,397
Chien et faon
Robert Franz Curry
Painting - 65.5 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,269
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
$2,107
Bouquet de fleurs
Jean-Louis Berger
Painting - 55 x 33.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,141
Casa al sole, Capri
Felice Giordano
Painting - 40.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.9 x 12 x 0.8 inch
$1,711
Sentier Corse et olivier
Tony Gardella
Painting - 55 x 46.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,106
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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.