Acrylics, Oils and Encaustic
Experiences and Opinions of an Artist-Chemical Engineer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10264263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George A Agoston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 211 |
| Publication date | 1971-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1572293 |
| OpenAlex | W2324256079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The author discusses the problems of quality of artists’ paints both from his point of view in his painting and from that of painters and conservators, in general. He points to the uncertain quality of oil colors at a time when technology is capable of reversing the trend. An important start has been made in the establishment of oil paint standards but some manufacturers do not meet them. The technological aspects of acrylic paint are more complex, yet no action appears to be underway in establishing standards for them. Artists should now demand and receive the best quality paint that modern technology can provide. The author describes his experiences in making paintings from a chemist’s point of view. His switch from oils to encaustic permitted a do-it-yourself approach to making durable, high quality paint from excellent materials. More recently he has used acrylic resins in making his own acrylic paints. He presents several formulations of materials of high quality for painting that he has used. L’auteur expose le probleme de la qualite des peintures destinees aux artistes, d’une part en se referant a ses propres œuvres, et d’autre part dans l’optique des peintres et des conservateurs en general. Il denonce la qualite incertaine des couleurs a l’huile a une epoque ou la technologie rend possible de grandes ameliorations. Un pas important a ete franchi avec l’institution de normes pour les peintures a l’huile; mais certains industriels ne s’y conforment pas. Si les aspects technologiques des peintures acryliques sont plus complexes, rien n’est encore fait pour etablir des normes en ce domaine. Les artistes devraient maintenant reclamer et avoir droit a la meilleure qualite de peinture que puisse procurer la technologie moderne. L’auteur decrit ses experiences de peintre d’un point de vue de chimiste. Il eut l’occasion, en passant de la peinture a l’huile a celle a l’encaustique, de fabriquer luimeme des couleurs durables et de grande qualite, a partir d’excellents composants. Plus recemment, il a utilise des resines acryliques pour fabriquer ses propres peintures acryliques. Il presente plusieurs formulations de peintures de haute qualite qu’il a utilisees
Art · Art history · Polymer science · Visual arts · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Materials Science
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2019 (43) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |