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Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,808
Jeune femme au châle et panier de fleures
L. Rubia
Painting - 44 x 33.5 x 1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,438
The grace of the interweaving of natural forms.diptych
Momalyu Liubov Kriuchkova
Painting - 60 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$951
Un jour calme à la campagne
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,811
Chromatic Harmony
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$900
Time for change
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,867 $1,588
III (Three) Imperfect Imperfections
Makama John
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,299
Paysage de campagne avec vue sur le Jura Suisse
Arthur Morard
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Campagne genevoise
Charles Emile Brunner
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,460
Terrace with flowers - Amalfi painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$368
In the eye of the beholder
Marco Riha
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,187 $3,978
Village de montagne
Berthe Dubois
Painting - 38.5 x 44 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 17.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
Seine (The Self Romantic)
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 152.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,500
Hôtel Majestic 24
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 115.5 x 80.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.5 x 31.7 x 1 inch
$2,139
From the Streets of South East London
Ray Richardson
Painting - 112 x 112 x 2 cm Painting - 44.1 x 44.1 x 0.8 inch
$11,882
Horror Vacui I, Doodle Eyes
Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,132
You are the Happiness that Flows Through Me
Slava Ilyayev
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
$8,600
Two Standing Figures
Vav Hakobyan
Painting - 140 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
$33,949
Pêcheur
Frederick Reginald Donat
Painting - 47.5 x 26 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 10.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,631
La muerte, el amor y el arte II
Moksananda
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,494
Albero in fiore (il silenzio di Dio)
Mauro Tròlese
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$282
Paysage d'automne
Emile Patru
Painting - 21.5 x 26.5 x 1.5 cm Painting - 8.5 x 10.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,312
Dîner sur Saint Sylvestre
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 130 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$3,621
Animal Painting #018-1632
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,539 $1,308
Souvenirs d'enfance
Pierre Henry
Painting - 60 x 48.5 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,282
Virtual Reality
Yannick Aaron
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
$6,224
Lemon yelow and violet
Luis Miguel Aparisi
Painting - 81.3 x 100.1 x 3 cm Painting - 32 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,020
La Fille au Coq ou Belarus
Svetlana Maksimenko
Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$2,801
Italian landscape
Olga Afanasiadi
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,132
Jungle bleue a green hill valley
Christophe Ronel
Painting - 81 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,753
Rêver à la lune
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$894
Ravello sea pointview - Amalfitan Coast painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$413
The seagulls festival
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,350
Sonnet of Strings
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
Eternal (L'Eternel)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$554
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
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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.