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Purple day in harbour
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,638
Tropical Coral Reef Painting Original Ocean Art
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,046
Tropical School of Fish
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,046
A bold expectation
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,591
Meadow Painting Poppies Flowers
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 68 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 26.8 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,705
Red Fish Symphony on Grey
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,819
I reply on you
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,478
Digital Lavender romantic sunset
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,842
Golden brown autumn in Bavaria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,842
Red Fish in Coral Reef
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,046
Fleurs au vase bleu
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
Florida Keys Fish Painting Coral Reef Impasto Painting Palette Knife Art
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,819
Mantón y mesa con frutas
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 73 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 inch
$8,526
A tu vera
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.4 inch
$6,821
Turquoise ocean, waves, water, seascape, summer
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$455
The coasts of dreams
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 108 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 42.5 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,262
Still life with cherries
Simona Tsvetkova
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Night fragrance XVI
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 119.4 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 47 x 31 x 2 inch
$2,060
Night fragrance XVII
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 78.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31 x 40 x 1 inch
$1,700
Hiding Places - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,501
Shindig - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,501
Special one - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,501
Couple - series Bunnies
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,501
Taylor Swift's Breakfast
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$335
Taylor Swift on the Riviera
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$171
Taylor Swift in Champs Elysées Paris
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$171
Taylor Swift in Montmartre during Concert in Paris
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$222
A Domestic Still Life Composition
Arman Hayrapetyan
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,500
9. Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,366
Une aventure rhinoferroviere
Christophe Ronel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,707
Au patio des sortileges
Christophe Ronel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,707
L'echappe samba
Christophe Ronel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,844
Bloom into infinite joy 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
$350
Melody of awakening
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
Sunset in New York
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$2,100 $1,785
Nightfall Romance
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,200
Cycling Coastalward
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
L'atelier du printemps
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,841
Arizona canyon
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,600
A l'orée des champs (1)
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,353
Colors Interrupted: Grey
Ron Connors
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$690
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
$1,421
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
$1,705
Last rays of the sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
Impermanence 03-2021
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,274
Red-haired girl
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,535
Impermanence 09-2022
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,274
Memories of sweet summer
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$625
Red Dress with Orange Shawl
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$950
Who Are These Angels CXLIVI
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,200
Against the Stream
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,183
Dark forest
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,751
World of instincts
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,000
Deep blue waters
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,000 $3,500
World of instincts
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,000
Water Lilies
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,638
Coast Nusa Penida
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,842
Les ombres du savoir
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,399
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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.