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Mozart à l’Opéra de Vienne
Abraham Dayan
Painting - 203 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 79.9 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$60,000
1995 Paris Place Vendôme
Peter Stilton
Painting - 45 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,829
Twist in my sobriety
Radu Rodideal
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,961
Multiethnic Family
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,169
Bateaux à Porquerolles
Claude Sauzet
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,469
Le Balcon / The Balcony
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 61 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$792
The Pond, A Moment after Sundown
Maurice Sapiro
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$4,187
And The Dream Lingers On
Maurice Sapiro
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$4,413
Série des Forêts No°8
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,829
Série des Forêts No°4
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,829
Série des Forêts No°3
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,829
Entretien précieux
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 32 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,060
New Year. Yaroslavsky station
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$7,921
A Little Rest
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,326 $2,994
Dance in the Castle
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,060
I racconti del bosco #4
Antonio Pedretti
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$5,658
Urbancat’s Saga : Lavender City Whispers
Hiro Ando
Painting - 100 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,658
HACHIOJI’S NOCTURNAL WHISPERS : JOURNEY TO THE SUBLIME
Hiro Ando
Painting - 90 x 112 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,092
Kokusai Sojourn : Samurai Cat's Midnight Cruise
Hiro Ando
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,866
Pandasan's Nocturnal Journey in Kotsu Taxi : Midnight Sakura Ride
Hiro Ando
Painting - 110 x 82 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 32.3 x 1.2 inch
$4,640
L'arbre qui pleure
Alain Husson-Dumoutier
Painting - 77 x 57 x 2 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,979
Important Words Expectation
Amir Kerr
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,000
CHISATO M’S NOCTURNAL BALLET : WINDOW OF DREAMS
Hiro Ando
Painting - 90 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$5,658
Sacré coeur au petit-matin
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$447
10 Collectors at a Gallery Opening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$338
Mama, I'm coming home
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,300
When The Sky Had Breath To The Ocean, Clouds Were Rising Up And Fog Layed Down And Made A Rainbow - It Was The Beginning Of The World
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 114 x 146 x 5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 2 inch
$10,000
The Bird Flies To God, The God Name Is Abraxas
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch
$10,000
The Circus In The Beginning Of The World
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$15,000
Tomorrow We Are Going To Run For Further, And The Day After, We Will Leave For Much Further Away
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$15,000
An Apple Falls Though, The Moon Keeps Turning In The Sky, And We Gravitate Each Other
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$15,000
Beyond The Summer
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 182 x 227 x 5 cm Painting - 71.7 x 89.4 x 2 inch
$24,896
An Explorer And His Blue Boat
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$14,000
Someday, We Will Go There In A Sparkling Green Boat
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 145 x 145 x 5 cm Painting - 57.1 x 57.1 x 2 inch
$13,000
Let’s Talk About A Republic, Which Was Born At The World’s End
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
$15,000
The Constellation of Impossibles
Mireille Lopez
Painting - 100 x 200 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 inch
$5,092
Roitelet couronné
Jean-Pierre Ceytaire
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,395
Romantic Lake Expressionist Painting Featuring Pink Blue Green Waterscape
Pham Luan
Painting - 91.4 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 40 x 2 inch
$7,800
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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.