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From the life of birds
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,019
Sill life with cherries
Simona Tsvetkova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,073
Besame. Besame mucho
Katherine Taylor-Schwartz
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,809
Flying Dragon Playing with Pearl
Hongda
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,923
Purple Sky Turquoise Clouds
Simon Findlay
Painting - 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Night fragrance XVIII
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 58.4 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23 x 31 x 2 inch
$800
The last pack ice
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$43,000
Sunflowers in blooming - Tuscany landscape painting
Raimondo Pacini
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$339
Flowering in the vineyard - Tuscany landscape painting
Raimondo Pacini
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$266
Somnium No. 3, Series XII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$10,065
Couleurs du soir
Victorine Follana
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,036
French Riviera Series 2024 - seascape horizon blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$452
Battement vital… (Expression libre)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 7 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.8 inch
$1,357
Verdant Tranquility
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 70 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$600
Spring colors
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$500
Urban Forest Spruce infront of Ferry Waters to Vancouver Island, BC
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 92 x 183 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 72 x 1.6 inch
$4,230 $3,807
Englishman Falls, (Upper)
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,133
Englishman Falls, (Lower)
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,133
Creek to lake on crazy road through Vancouver Island to the Pacific Rim side of the island.
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 127 x 183 x 4 cm Painting - 50 x 72 x 1.6 inch
$4,382 $3,725
Small island out from Mackenzie Beach. GoldFortheWin.
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 102 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
$3,913
Emotional Eruption
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 45 x 35 x 0.2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$360
Winter forest birch small
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,176
Series ‘Morning Flowers’
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Still life with fruits
Valeri Tsvetkov
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,166
Paysage abstrait II
Cécile Girard
Painting - 84 x 86 x 1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch
$5,428
Barnegat Light Fishing Boats (Plein Air)
Mark Hunter
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$900
Presby Gardens (Plein Air)
Mark Hunter
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$900
Presby Gardens Walthers Home (Plein Air)
Mark Hunter
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Sonate crépusculaire
Bernard Gaulbert
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
Nada mejor que con el abuelo
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 252 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 99.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,372
Bouteilles 1
Marie Dominique Ferracci
Painting - 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$554
Bouteilles 2
Marie Dominique Ferracci
Painting - 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$554
Booknote 9. From The Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 24 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.45 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,300
L'homme assis
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 60.6 x 50.6 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.9 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,059
Northern Wind
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
$3,393
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,393
Play of light
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 57 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22.4 x 1 inch
$3,166
In the Shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,393
Morning Tenderness
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,280
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,714
In fantasies
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
$3,619
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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.