Art Materials Advertising

Materials Marketing Mishaps

Summary: Costly and elaborate advertising materials for artists’ materials have become a rarity. Specifically, hand-painted color charts...

Can Old Ads Tell Us Something?

I had both the pleasure and task of adding around 375 new images to my collection of art materials advertising. A question was raised: ...

Aurora Yellow - These are not the charged particles you were looking for...

Aurora Yellow: In artist forums I occasionally notice that a small group of art materials enthusiasts are drawn to seek out old art...

No "D" in Winsor and Newton

The recent passing of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edenborough, reminded all of us of the long time span that Elizabeth has been the...

The "Atomic" Pencil of the Future

I find it a lot of fun to run across advertising that predicts what will happen in the future. This ad appeared in the February 1949...

THE SYNTAX OF COLOR