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Suspension bleue / Éclaircie dans l'azur
Sylvie Guyomard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,682
Partir sans se retourner
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$620
Les étages supérieurs
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch
$676
Cerfs-volants et ballons
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$732
Meadow Painting Poppies Flowers
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 68 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 26.8 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,690
Red Fish Symphony on Grey
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,803
Red Fish in Coral Reef
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,028
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
$1,803
Blue Fish Sardines
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,803
Sardine Run South Africa
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,254
Sardine Run. Bait Ball. South Africa
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,127
Red Fish Expression
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
$958
JOLIE SIMPLICITE D'AILLEURS
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 65 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 1 inch
$1,121
Instant Majorelle VI
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,118
Amour incandescent - Lyrisme abstrait
Sylvie Adaoust
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,130
Saint Pierre vue du ciel
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$789
Enfant roi - Cosi Fan Tutte
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Les amis intimes
Maria Mikileva
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$2,141
Underwater painting Marathon was made underwater at the depth 6.2 meters
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,592
Underwater Painting Coral Reef was made underwater at the depth of 6 meters
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,817
Cornflower carnival
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.5 inch
$1,239
Unspoken Tales of Pansy Petals
Olga McNamara
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.5 inch
$2,141
Celestial Spring Ensemble
Olga McNamara
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,296
Underwater painting Soft Coral was created underwater
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,817
Réunification N°10 (MR19)
Marie Aimer
Painting - 59 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,944
Pour toi mon amour
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,634
Printemps bouquet, merci la vie
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$755
Les parasols de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,634
Rotterdam Cube Houses
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$777
The essence of life
Ella Prakash
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$8,451
L'oiseau bleu (Monochrome bleu)
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$2,817
The Golden Dream Of Prague - The Breeze Of Autumn
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$676
When the sea merges with the sky.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$563
Musiciennes en temps de Covid
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,127
Underwater Painting Red Expression was made underwater
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 30 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
$732
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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!