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Blue Fish Sardines
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,805
Sardine Run South Africa
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,257
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
$1,128
Partir sans se retourner
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$621
Red Fish Expression
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
$959
Les étages supérieurs
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch
$677
Cerfs-volants et ballons
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$733
Pour toi mon amour
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,636
Printemps bouquet, merci la vie
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$756
Amour incandescent - Lyrisme abstrait
Sylvie Adaoust
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,132
Les amis intimes
Maria Mikileva
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$2,144
Réunification N°10 (MR19)
Marie Aimer
Painting - 59 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,949
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
$2,595
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
$2,821
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
$2,821
Les parasols de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,636 $1,472
Rotterdam Cube Houses
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$779
Enfant roi - Cosi Fan Tutte
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,257
Les vagues mélodieuses
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,385
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
$677
Saint Pierre vue du ciel
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$790
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
$2,821
Musiciennes en temps de Covid
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,128
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
$564
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,062
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
$733
Regates sous l'orage
Françoise Laine
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$553
A Little Pomegranate
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
$293
La vague plastique
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,456
bal masqué au village
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,062
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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!