Recent content by tinkertrain

I think we'd have to take into consideration when and where he started his business, at the time I don't know if Williamsburg or Doak where already in business, and if they were they probably were unknown ouside NY and as small as he started. Blue Ridge is relatively new and Old Holland is too...

Nice interview with Michael. https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2021/06/28/in-conversation-with-michael-harding/

Interesting! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/arts/bacteria-cleaning-michelangelo-medici-restoration.html

I do wonder if it'd make a difference in mixes? Like being able to achieve higher chroma at higher values?

Sad day for the art community https://realismtoday.com/the-end-of-an-era-richard-schmid-1934-2021/

Barium Sulfite (what this paint is made with) is found in synthetic (PW21) and natural (PW22) forms and it's an ingredient in Lithopone (PW5), so I guess the way they made this can be ported to oil paint? 🤔 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56749105

Really cool site full of illustrations with a good search function: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/

So cool! https://www.openculture.com/2021/04/a-900-page-pre-pantone-guide-to-color-from-1692-a-complete-high-resolution-digital-scan.html

Know Her, a list of 20 groundbreaking artists from the turn of the 20th century who have been largely forgotten and written out of the narratives of modern art because they were women. https://yhaduong.com/know-her

There is so much stuff! Try the search function and find, for instance, all of the museum’s works by Leonardo da Vinci or Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (one of the very few women whose art is on display at the museum). You can also start with these "playlists" created by the museum...

The title says it all really... https://collections.louvre.fr/en/

In this instance and despite my general cynicism I want to believe that whoever paid for it paid the sum for charity. Doesn't hurt for them that they now own a Banksy (which in the future they might be able to sell for more $$$... arggg the cynic is waking up so I'll just stop right here)

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/greatest-art-heists-of-all-time-1234583441/musee-marmottan-monet-impressionist-works-stolen/ Makes you sad reading about all of the works that haven't been retrieved or worse, those destroyed!

Kremer does indeed have everything! According to the link on Pigments through the ages P. Barrie shared, you can definitely build your own Egyptian palette: Realgar Egyptian blue Azurite Natural Madder Lake Genuine Red Moroccan Ochre Orpiment Genuine Malachite Natural Raw Umber Amazing! (if...

I really like this painting! You said it's old... how old approximately? I'd love to see something recent of yours (maybe I'm not very good at searching but I couldn't find any).