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Chinedu Chidebe
Painting - 101.6 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 44 x 1 inch
$1,800
Ewa (beauty)
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$1,500
Monkey with Banana 2
Harita Asumani
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,923
Wrap yourself around Me
Karin Goeppert
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$645
White seascape plaster textured objects 3d minimalism abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$7,916
Love, passion and nature
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,990
Lipochka's awakening
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,917
Rare Bored Ape Street Art 2
Freda People Art
Painting - 105 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,120
Can You Catch It?
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 51.1 x 61 x 4.1 cm Painting - 20.1 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$871
Siestes short ancres marines
Pascal Astier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$2,262
Abstract P 2305
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 60 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$331 $232
Emotional Color Change 14
Kyong Lee
Painting - 72.7 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 28.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$6,750
Turnarounds and Mercies
Macha Poynder
Painting - 153 x 228 x 0.1 cm Painting - 60.2 x 89.8 x 0 inch
$11,251
A pleines voiles le marin joueur - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,911
Corse I - Paysage de bord de mer
Michèle Capitani Manzo
Painting - 66 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
The Blue Chimney
Elena Borstein
Painting - 132.1 x 188 x 4.1 cm Painting - 52 x 74 x 1.6 inch
$24,880
Proliferation
Pascal Marlin
Painting - 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,654 $4,524
Abstract painting IT705
Radek Smach
Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,160
Le Sacre du Printemps
Liubov Juravliova
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,923
Existence and Live Original Painting
Dervis Akdemir
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$510
Sable - Paysage Marin semi-abstrait
Anne Morgann
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$990
Le bleu de Paracelse
Philippe Vercellotti
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,357
Victor et le petit tome vert
Philippe Vercellotti
Painting - 34 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 13.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,809
Les Marches - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 66 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,911
Femme au fume cigarette et à la coupe de champagne
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$543
Famous People Stories
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$554
A Day in my Living Room
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$554
Bouquet - fleurs semi-abstrait
Forg
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,414
Lusus naturae
Irene Raspollini
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch
$1,513
Disappearing Waters
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,500
Joker par Aiiroh & Namisen
Aiiroh
Painting - 75 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,018
XL Abstract precious moments I
Susan Wooler
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$597
Sunflower in Air
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$792 $712
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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.