38050
Title Of Article Chaper
Turner's painting materials: a preliminary discussion
Title Of Journal Book
Turner studies
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
23-33
Collation
18 b & w ill.
ISSN
0260-597X
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Gives a summary of information obtained from analyses of Turner's painting materials in oils and watercolor. Turner's palette in watercolor expanded during the 1790s from a very limited range, and was used in oils with little modification. Initially he used traditional pigments such as orpiment, smalt, and azurite, though he quickly adapted newly-made pigments for use in oil, often for major portions of a work; strontium yellow in 1810, pale lemon chrome in 1814, viridian in 1842-1843. Red and yellow organic pigments were used more often in watercolor than in oil, while inorganic pigments such as vermilion and synthetic varnishes were used in both media. Painting mediums are discussed. Linseed oil and linseed modified with wax and/or resin have been found. Sketches were painted exclusively in linseed oil.
Keywords
artists' materials;Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); oil painting;orpiment;azurite;watercolor;strontium yellow;smalt; lemon chrome; viridian;vermilion;synthetic varnishes;linseed oil;resin
pub_id
38050