French Plein Air Painters ©

En France nombreux artistes peignent en plein air d’après la tradition artistique qui remonte même au delà des Impressionnistes.

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Discover new special fine oil colours suited for plein air painters :

SENNELIER Rive Gauche

SENNELIER Rive Gauche

 

Do you know Sennelier ? Let’s share together our passion for color
Sennelier is one of most famous French trade marks of art supplies.

In 1887, Gustave Sennelier, a devoted chemist, established himself as a purveyor of fine-artists’ paints at 3 Quai Voltaire facing the Louvre and steps away from l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Having thoroughly researched the history and usage of pigments, he developed a distinctive process for manufacturing oil colours, formulating precise methods for mixing tones and for controlling their opacity and transparency. His work was so meticulous and his eye for colour so accurate that artists soon began to regard the Sennelier palette as the ultimate standard of quality.

 

What is the “Rive Gauche ”  Fine oil colours ?
With “Rive Gauche”, Sennelier has placed the colours of Paris into tubes so that artists from all over the world can experience the pleasure of using them.

Rive Gauche
From its earliest days, Paris has been Sennelier’s source of inspiration and that is what makes it such a Parisian brand. First Sennelier store  began in Paris in 1887, opposite the Louvre and just a stone’s throw away from the École des Beaux-Arts, which is the world epicentre for arts and is located on the Left Bank (‘sur la Rive Gauche’). From the Latin Quarter to Montparnasse, this symbolic riverside area has proven to be one dominated by artists, intellectuals, musicians, professors and students. Being proud of its origins, the name ‘Rive Gauche’ consequently seemed a natural choice for Sennelier Fine Oils.

Dries twice as fast : Whilst retaining the key characteristics of oil painting, Rive Gauche fine oils dry twice as fast as classic oils. The outcome of this is a shortened drying time that does not restrict an artists possibilities of working with fresh paint.

Oils that yellow two times less Safflower oil is used to make the 60 colours. It is characterised by its low level of yellowing (50% less than linseed oil) and its excellent compatibility with pigments.

High-performance cadmium substitutes! Rive Gauche fine oils use new pigments, which are high-performance cadmium substitutes that offer opaqueness and luminosity properties that are almost equivalent to real cadmium-based oils.A rich, balanced palette of colours! 60 colours in 40ml tubes – 56 colours in 200ml tubes 52 opaque colours | 6 semi-opaque colours | 2 transparent colours | 4 iridescent colours.

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