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En Olivier - Series lll - A View to the Church
Selwyn Midgen
Painting - 40 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch
£3,115
Paris LOVE Diner 1995
Peter Stilton
Painting - 72.5 x 43 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.5 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
£2,448
If I give you my soul
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 190 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£13,350
Vue du lac Léman et Dents du Midi
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 60.5 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£3,601
Les bulles aquatiques
Andrée Bars
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,225
Vision paranoïaque du monde de l'accélération
Marc Ferrero
Painting - 180 x 180 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 inch
£44,500
Biter - secret
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
£1,513
BUTTERFLY : WHISPERS OF TRANSFORMATION
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 160 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 2 inch
£4,984
La branche d'amandier
Piet ENGELMAN
Painting - 119 x 123 x 5 cm Painting - 46.9 x 48.4 x 2 inch
£3,560 £2,848
Portrait de gorille
Georges Rossi
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,225
You are my sunshine
Larissa Uvarova
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,648
Allegro con fuoco
Anastas Kamburov
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£8,010
Un Silence vide
Corinne Marino
Painting - 100 x 120 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.7 inch
£2,225
Pétanque sous les platanes
Claude Balta
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,958
Spiderman and the Little Black Surfer
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 55 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 2 inch
£570
1979 Sagesse Wisdom
Malgorzata Pochopien
Painting - 90 x 65 x 0.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
£8,856
Lac Montagne de BLED Slovénie 1996 Lake Mountain of BLED Slovenia
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£7,031
Guardians of the Time. Above Cahul Lake
Ivan Shyshman
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£5,518
The Evening Sun on the Eve of a New Day
Ivan Shyshman
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£8,544
The Parable of the Tree
Ivan Shyshman
Painting - 92 x 72.5 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.5 x 0.8 inch
£11,570
Window Grandma Xenia
Ivan Shyshman
Painting - 65 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
£5,919
Le prophète des oiseaux 1979 Prophet of birds COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM, SLOVENIA
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 86 x 96 x 0.3 cm Painting - 33.9 x 37.8 x 0.1 inch
£16,465
MIYU4 : KAWAII PINK WHIMSY AND REVERIE
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 116 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 43.3 x 2 inch
£4,539
LSD : DIGITAL PSYCHEDELIA OR NAVIGATING THE INFINITE CODE
Sumomo Kanashiwa
Painting - 106 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£3,738
Berceau des civilisations
Samuel Azuelos
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£8,455
Fille au papillon
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£1,335
Nihil difficile volenti
Kurt Mair
Painting - 120 x 70 x 7 cm Painting - 47.2 x 27.6 x 2.8 inch
£3,382
ORANGE GANJURO : KABUKI LUMINESCENCE, GANJURO’S ORANGE OVERTURE
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 200 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 63 x 2 inch
£7,120
FACE TO FACE : CONVERGENCE OF WORLDS, TRADITION AND MANGA IN DIALOGUE
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 195 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
£5,607
BEE : FLORAL INTRIGUE, THE BEE’S DANCE IN TOKYO’S GARDEN
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 200 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 63 x 2 inch
£7,120
HEARTBEAT ELIXIRS : LOVE INFUSIONS IN COUTURE CAPSULES
Tomomi Mishima
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£5,963
PSY AND CHIC CHRONICLES : NEON VOGUE
Tomomi Mishima
Painting - 160 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£4,984
Un souffle dans sa mode
Hubert Ollivier
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
£71
1970 Rêve Astral Dream
Gigi Lilavois
Painting - 40 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
£3,516
Le grand bleu abstrait
Max Sherman
Painting - 130 x 195 x 2.7 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.1 inch
£4,450
Paysage marin breton
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
£267
Tender Deep Vibes - Tender sea
Larissa Uvarova
Painting - 140 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£4,091
Woman by the Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
£2,623
In a reverie she saw The fox on a mast
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - x cm Painting - 0 x 0 inch
£6,800
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Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
£1,331
Autumn forest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£820
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,068
Lecture en bleu majeur
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,771
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.