Famous painters brands?

[stagfoot]

I recently read a review of lucian Freud’s work in which it was mentioned that he used loads of lead white and I wondered which lead white he used ( not that using the same one will make me paint like him).
It’s largely a trivia question really, but it got me thinking about which brands the famous painters use.
Is anyone in the habit of looking to see whats on the artist’s table when they show their studio’s on TV or magazines?

[sweetbabyjames]

I read here on the WC that Nelson Shanks uses mostly Winsor Newton. I also remember reading that Salvator Dali used Blockx.

[stagfoot]

I wonder if Blockx paints have changed much since Dali used them.

[Eugene Veszely]

I wonder if Blockx paints have changed much since Dali used them.

I wonder about stuff like that too…..and about the first question you asked…I like trivia

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[jecoe]

I have read that a Mr. Sennelier began that brand back in the days of the French impressionists, and that Cezanne, among others, used his paints.

James Coe

Plein air Landscapes
Bird Paintings and Illustrations
Author and Illustrator of the Golden Field Guide Eastern Birds

Member:
Society of Animal Artists
Worldwide Nature Artists Group
Oil Painters of America

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[sweetbabyjames]

I just recently read in Techniques of the Impressionists by Anthea Callen that most of the paint used by the impressionists was ground in poppy oil, because of its handling properties and its non-yellowing quality. I believe that Blockx is one the only major line of oil paints still ground in poppy oil.

[Brian Firth]

I wonder if Blockx paints have changed much since Dali used them.

I wonder the same because a poppy oil based paint ins’t a good choice for Dali’s layered technique. I think he used Blockx Amber Medium, I am not shure about the paints.

I believe that Blockx is one the only major line of oil paints still ground in poppy oil.

Holbein paints are also still ground in poppy oil.

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-- Carl Sagan

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[Eugene Veszely]

Holbein paints are also still ground in poppy oil.

LeFranc has colours too.

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[lopaloo102]

I have been reading a Munch book recently, and just came across this quote, from one of Munch’s letters…..”I worked on the Aula paintings for 4 years. I built several huts and outdoor studios at the various places where I lived. I ordered the best canvas from Holland and used Windsor & Newton colours.”…

[sweetbabyjames]

Holbein paints are also still ground in poppy oil.

Thanks for the info…I had no idea. I pulled out my one and only tube of Holbein and it did not say what it was ground in…at least it did not say in English. Maybe it says poppy oil in Japanese!

[stagfoot]

Euan Uglow interviewed by Peter Stiles.
“I asked him what paint he uses: “I use all kinds.
I just use what I think is the best colour from each firm; yellow ochre from Winsor & Newton, terre verte from Lefranc & Bourgeois… I’ve got a store of scarlet vermilion, which isn’t allowed to be sold now but I managed to buy before they stopped it. Some of the blues I grind myself”.

[Eugene Veszely]

Euan Uglow interviewed by Peter Stiles.
“I asked him what paint he uses: “I use all kinds.
I just use what I think is the best colour from each firm; yellow ochre from Winsor & Newton, terre verte from Lefranc & Bourgeois… I’ve got a store of scarlet vermilion, which isn’t allowed to be sold now but I managed to buy before they stopped it. Some of the blues I grind myself”.

A common sense approach

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[stagfoot]

Howard Hodgkins: Michael Harding’s

David Hockney: Michael Harding’s, after advice from the above.

Lucian Freud: Winsor & Newton and Old Holland oils. Still don’t know which lead white he uses, but this narrows it down a bit.

[Eugene Veszely]

whoever these artists…. are they use Harding’s paint

http://www.michaelharding.co.uk/artists.htm

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[dcorc]

whoever these artists…. are they use Harding’s paint

[url]http://www.michaelharding.co.uk/artists.htm[/url]

1cham – have a look at this page from one of them – pay attention to the heading on the page – he obviously hates people who wander about in front of the cinema screen as much as I do! (Edit – on testing it, the little animations vary – click through a few of his drawings and paintings, you’ll see the one I mean )

Dave

davecorcoran.co.uk

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