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Les étoiles sur les montagnes
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$89
Collision dans l'autre monde
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 27 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$248
Les fleurs sous un soleil printanier
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2.4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch
$451
Un spectacle incroyable
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$451
Underwater painting Forest of the Red Sea (was created underwater)
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,358
Coup de gueule contre la pollution plastique
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,456
En route vers une nouvelle réalité
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 33 x 55 x 2.4 cm Painting - 13 x 21.7 x 0.9 inch
$395
Les chiens de traîneaux
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2.4 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.9 inch
$214
Édifice en bord de mer
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch
$338
Scène de Nice - Negresco
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$654
Promenade au parc II Diptyque
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 65 x 184 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 72.4 x 1 inch
$2,821
La perle du bassin II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$3,385
Le Rayol II
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 1 inch
$3,836 $3,453
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
$508
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
$508
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 65 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$508
Sans titre
Pascal Saint-Vanne (Vladimir)
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$508
Original 84 face portrait
Eugen Dick
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$3,045
Alice searches for her wonderland - Alice recherche son pays des merveilles
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$846
JE SAIS QUE TU M'AIMES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 72 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$1,010
High Line Passerelle vers tous les possibles
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,862
Problèmes de temps
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,062
Champagne on deck
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,217
The beauty of sunset. 3 impasto oil paintings
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,898
New York City. Brooklyn bridge
Schagen Vita
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$4,513
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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!