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Whale tail in sunset
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
$394
Dégradé carré orange rouge violet irisé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$158
Dégradé carré jaune
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$158
Matrice spirituelle
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$192
Matrice jaune orange rouge
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 70 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$158
La ronde de l'innocence - Enfants du monde
Sylvie Adaoust
Painting - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,580
Les fées de l'élégance céleste - le mouvement dans la danse
Sylvie Adaoust
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,580
Petit éclat de lueur violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$68
Petit éclat de lueur rose violette iridescente
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$68
Triptyque abstrait moderne bleu Tempête
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 40 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$924
Petit éclat de lueur marron
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$68
Petit éclat de lueur orange iridescente
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$68
Petit éclat de lueur jaune violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$68
Grand dégradé carré or rose violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$394
Grand dégradé carré or orange violacé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$394
Grand dégradé carré or marron
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$394
Grand dégradé carré or orange rose irisé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$394
Grand dégradé carré d'or
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$394
Grand dégradé carré chaleureux
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$394
Éclat bleu foncé fragmenté
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$169
Fondu couleur doré bleu pourpre
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur or algue marine
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu nuance noir blanc
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur orange magenta bleu
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur or gris irisé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur blanc rose
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur or vert bleu irisé
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur rose violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur magenta violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur cuivre magenta violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur orange rouge violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur chaleureux
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur jaune marron
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Fondu couleur argent bleu gris
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$180
Éclat argent vert
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$225
Éclat argent bleu violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$225
Éclat argent rouge iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$225
Éclat violet iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$225
Éclat de couleur rouge iridescent violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$169
Éclat mixte bleu vert iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$259
Éclat or gris iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$225
Éclat or rose bleu iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$225
Éclat or violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$225
Éclat rouge iridescent violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$225
Éclat rose gris iridescent
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$225
Éclat violet bleu
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$225
Petit éclat verdoyant
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$68
Mouvement texture / Rouge Violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.6 inch
$68
Éclat mixte marron rouge
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$259
Éclat mixte violet rouge
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$259
Éclat mixte bleu violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$259
couleurs Majorelle II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$451
Lumière sur le lac II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$2,580
A Midsummer Day's Whisper
Olga McNamara
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,507
However Long You Say
Olga McNamara
Painting - 120 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
$4,169
Texture couteau dorée rose rouge violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$158
Dégradé carré rose
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$158
Dégradé carré verte
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$158
Dégradé carré violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$158
Grand fondu or verdoyant
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$270
Grand fondu algue marine
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$270
Matrice or orange rouge iridescente
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 70 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$158
Texture couteau or rouge grise
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau dorée rouge iridescente
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau étain or cuivre
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau or orange cuivre
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc nacre or
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc orange violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc jaune rose
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc jaune rouge
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc violette magenta
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc verte rose magenta
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
Texture couteau blanc rose violette
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
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Palette knife painting for Sale
The painting knife, or palette knife, as it is often called, has been a part of painters' tools for many centuries. Originally, it wasn't used to apply paint or to produce impastos but to mix pigments, to superimpose one layer of paint over another to modify it appearance or to remove excess paint from the canvas. Consisting of a curved handle and a flexible steel blade, its shape is comparable to that of a small trowel. It was during the Renaissance that the palette knife began to be used for something other than its original purpose and that artists started to use it to paint. Before that, painters sought to create a realistic and therefore smooth result. But artists such as Rembrandt, Titian or Fragonard noticed that scraping paint to create impasto helped to create eye-catching texture, relief and light.
Gustave Courbet is well-known for having brought palette knives back into fashion in the 19th century, a pivotal period when the art of painting, and art in general, underwent many changes and transformations. He was followed by the Impressionists and the modern painters (Monet, Van Gogh, Turner, etc) who used it to create thick impastos. Impressionists were particularly keen on this tool which was well-suited to the way in which they sought to represent light realistically, as our eyes see it. The invention of the easel and paint tubes allowed them to leave their workshops and to paint outside, enabling them to depict the shimmering reflections of water and the ever changing nature. They applied paint quickly in small thin strokes on the canvas and created texture using the knife. To create this effect, they used oil paint and acrylic, working them as little as possible so as to ensure their thick, dense appearance.
On Artsper, find works by Richard Dubure, Martta Weg and Ryan Hewett who all use the palette knife in unique ways in their practice!