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Prisca Toulon (Priscart)
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$978
The Breaking No. 1
Brooke Noel Morgan
Painting - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$2,012
Nel pomeriggio 1
Stein Smaaskjaer
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,638
The Portrait of Mickey Mouse 2
Munkhbolor Ganbold
Painting - 168 x 109 x 1 cm Painting - 66.1 x 42.9 x 0.4 inch
$8,665
Série lignes blanches - Lignes épurées
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,677
This is Tinuola
Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo
Painting - 101.6 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,560
World for two
Vasil Vasilev-Vaso
Painting - 73.5 x 92.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.9 x 36.4 x 1 inch
$1,096
Mongkok I (MA03)
Michelle Auboiron
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$8,720
Förhållandet i en dröm
Mathias Szabo
Painting - 63 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 24.8 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
$627
Giraffe in turquoise, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Stefanie Rogge
Painting - 119.4 x 99.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 47 x 39 x 0.7 inch
$2,287
Holistic express landscape-0325
Sahong Gum
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$8,186
Boucle et lys
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,398
Paysage printanier
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Les Deux Solitudes
Madi Artiste
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,385
Laisser être - Abstraction, matière et lumière
Roselyne Dupetitpré
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,096
Blue interior with plants
Bea Sarrias
Painting - 81 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$3,801
Waiting
Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,160
Looner Vision to Watch for Pitfalls
Joey Doyle
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,873
Flowers Among Flowers
Anna Maria Caboni
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$894
Prélude 3 - série corps de femme
Luco
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,476
Rich imagination
Sergey Bondarev
Painting - 145 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 57.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$27,950 $25,155
Mysterious Gardens N°948
Keyvan Roshanbin
Painting - 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,677
God is a Negro 1
Ashola'sa Daniel
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,800
Le chant des machines
Gwendoline Hausermann
Painting - 99 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,460
Appreciate the little things
Ashu Pine
Painting - 41 x 32 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
$6,708
N°1314 - in the town
Mehdi Dashti
Painting - 186 x 145 x 5 cm Painting - 73.2 x 57.1 x 2 inch
$6,708
Les Coquelicots d'hiver
Aimée De Courtozé
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$358
The feeling of autumn
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 59.9 x 79.8 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,550
I.A 1 - Intelligence Artificielle
Carole Aurore
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,258
Autoportrait - Introduce myself
Gris1
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$7,267
Abstract no. 2622 XL
Anita Kaufmann
Painting - 139.7 x 99.1 x 2 cm Painting - 55 x 39 x 0.8 inch
$1,404
Sun-Rays Dreams
Paul Insect
Painting - 170.9 x 131.1 x 3.6 cm Painting - 67.3 x 51.6 x 1.4 inch
$26,500
Ne cherchons plus tout est là
Michèle Magnien (Mileg)
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,006
Sans titre - série Abstraction
Ronan-Pol Morel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$778
R E C Y C L É - ZB-021019
Arseneca
Painting - 146 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$995
Sunset in Greece
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 100.3 x 119.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,668
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Acrylic Painting for Sale
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique which is widely popular in today's art world. It uses a synthetic paint and its paste is made of pigments which are similar to those found in oil painting. It is emulsified with water and mixed with resin which binds them together.
Although the current success of acrylic paint is undeniable, its invention is nonetheless relatively recent in the history of painting. It was first developed in the 1930s in the United States. The advantages of this new technique (durability, solidity, quick to dry) were initially put to use in the industrial, construction and automobile sectors. In 1949, the printers Leonor Colour and Sam Golden decided to commercialise the invention and target artists thanks to the paint brand Magma.
At the same time, chemists at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico were also developing its texture, working alongside expert muralists who used it to create the mural and fresco paintings on the Mexico University's façade.
The material was embraced by the art world with important representatives of abstract expressionism, including Kooning, Rothko and Morris Louis using it in their work. But it was in 1963 that acrylic paint truly conquered the art world under the commercial brand name Liquitex, thanks to the innovations of Henry Levinson who made the paint dilutable with water and not just turpentine spirit.
Thanks to this, the paint became easier to work with, and more importantly, more accessible. It quickly became the favourite medium of Pop Art legends such as the painters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Previously ignored in favor of oil painting which continued to be a symbol of the fine arts par excellence, acrylic painting benefited from the influence of these big names. Mindsets gradually changed and acrylic paint continued to seduce an ever growing audience of creators.
Originally an exclusively American privilege, the paint was exported to Europe around 1965. This was mainly thanks to the Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky who played a role in making it popular among the Western European Surrealist circles after he returned from New York. Joan Miró and Max Ernst also demonstrated a preference for the medium, which had in the meantime become a legitimate alternative to oil painting.
The two canvas painting techniques conflict with each other in several ways. Many see acrylic paint as a material which corresponds better to the fast-paced modernity of our times. Whilst oil painting requires a tremendous amount of patience and and can crack when drying, acrylic paint dries quickly, does not need varnishing, is highly waterproof and most importantly, can be conserved more easily.
Acrylic resin can also be adapted to all kinds of supports, whether it be glass or fabric, and its texture allows the artist to play intricately with the thickness and reliefs without having to worry about the chromatic purity of the palette. The works of the contemporary painters John Kokkinos, Julien Colombier and Maude Ovize are all examples of the use of the medium in artworks today.
Acrylic paint has a wide range of usages. It can be used on surfaces such as wood, canvas, paper, ceramics and metal. It is used for both fine and decorative arts.
To create an acrylic painting, you will need a surface to paint on, some acrylic paint, and a tool to apply the paint to the surface with, such as a brush or sponge. You can plan the composition of the work beforehand, or apply the paint directly to the canvas in order to achieve the desired result.
Certain types of acrylic paints can contain toxins within their ingredients, similarly to oil paints. Acrylic paint dries quickly so it can be hard to go back and alter an acrylic painting. We also do not know how long acrylic paints last for, as they have only been around for abotu 50 years.