Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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What is a painting?

What is a painting?

Painting is the process of applying media to a surface, using a tool such as a brush. The term refers to both the action and the resulting object. Artists use many tools to paint, such as brushes, airbrushes, palette knives, sponges or fingers and hands.

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Damien Hirst

H12-14 (Large) from The Beautiful Paintings, 2023

Painting

Mixed Media

GBP 5,850

Damien Hirst

5398. Stoked the passion (from the Currency), 2011

Painting

Mixed Media

GBP 10,000 - 12,000

Alfons Borrell

Untitled, 2000

Painting

Mixed Media

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Damien Hirst

Skull Spin Painting, 2009

Painting

Acrylic on paper

EUR 11,900

Damien Hirst

Beautiful, Newly Dented, Very Droll, Warmly, 2023

Painting

Mixed Media

EUR 11,900

Damien Hirst

Beautiful, Profusely Meditative, 2023

Painting

Mixed Media

EUR 11,900

Walter Leblanc

Torsions, 1963/1972

Painting

Mixed Media

EUR 30,000 - 40,000

Larry Rivers

Queen of Clubs, 1960

Painting

Oil on canvas

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Ross Bleckner

Heart, 1999

Painting

Mixed Media

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Damien Hirst

Circle Spin Painting, 2009

Painting

Acrylic on paper

USD 4,950

Damien Hirst

Heart Spin Painting, 2009

Painting

Acrylic on paper

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Damien Hirst

Skull Spin Painting, 2009

Painting

Acrylic on paper

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Damien Hirst

Butterfly Spin Painting, 2009

Painting

Acrylic on paper

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Damien Hirst

Circle Spin Painting, 2009

Painting

Acrylic on paper

USD 4,850

Burton Morris

Museum Interior - Venus, 2010

Painting

Acrylic on canvas

USD 11,900

Geneviève Claisse

Lignes, 2000

Painting

Acrylic on canvas

EUR 3,500

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Maquette

Maquette is the term used for a scale model of a sculpture which is not finished yet. It serves as a rough draft so that the artist can test ideas about the sculpture without spending the effort and cost to make the full-size sculpture.

Monoprint

Single impression belonging to an image made out of a block that is re-printable. Litho stones, wood blocks or metal plates are used for the purpose of etching upon. Only one impression is produced rather than producing several copies of one image. Mono-printing has many techniques that include etching, lithography and woodcut.

Fluxus

Art term taken from Latin word that means Flow-flux. It is an international movement of designers, composers and artists popular for blending the different artistic disciplines and media during the 1960s. They have remained active in visual art, performance, design, architecture, urban planning and other artworks. Fluxus as an art term is sometimes known as inter-media. The movement continues to play a pivotal role in the definitions that art can take and be.

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