Materials for permanent painting : a manual for manufacturers, art dealers, artists and collectors / by Maximilian Toch
- Author
- Toch, Maximilian, 1864-1946
- Published
- New York : D. Van Nostrand Co., 1911.
- Physical Description
- 208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (1 color) ; 19 cm
- Contents
- History of painting -- Pigments used by the ancients -- Sinopia, the search for the masters' secret -- Photo-chemical deterioration of oil paintings -- Cause of the cracking of paintings and the remedies -- Canvas, wood and metal as foundations -- Preparation of canvas in commercial practice -- Renovations and cleaning of pictures -- The school of impressionism -- Volatile solvents -- Picture varnishes -- Driers -- Linseed oil and other drying oils -- Classification of the pigments and their description -- The permanent colors -- Pigments dangerous to health -- Pigments affected by coal smoke, etc. -- Water in tube colors -- Pigments which are permanent, etc. -- Pigments which dry slowly -- The failure of Sir J. Reynold's paintings.
- Subject(s)
- Note
- Plates accompanied by guardsheets with letterpress in red.
Includes index.
Publisher's advertisements: p. [209]-[216].
Rare Books copy inscribed by the author. - Source of Acquisition
- Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Hastings Libraries Endowment; 2011.
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts; 2011. - Endowment Note
- The Hastings Libraries Endowment
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