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Jan 1, 1000
Animal fat, Wax, Blood, Water, Brush and Ink, Egg Tempera
Materials used from 30,000BC- 1000 AD:
Animal fat, Wax, Blood
1000-901 BC:
Brush and ink painting Water, Wax, and Egg tempera -
Apr 14, 1266
Lamp Black Ink
In China, lamp black ink used in wood
block printing -
Apr 14, 1400
Casein, pig bladders used for storage of mixed paint
Renaissance 1400-1600: Casein, pig bladders used for storage of mixed paint -
Apr 14, 1410
Oil Paint
Developed by Jan Van Eyck in 1410 -
Apr 14, 1450
Pastels
c. 1450: Pigments mixed with gum Arabic are formed into pastels, Italy -
Wood-cased Graphite Pencil
1662: Friedrich Staedtler creates the first wood-cased graphite pencil -
First Art Materials Shop
1720
Ancestor of the Lefranc & Bourgeois Company opens an art materials shop, Paris -
Binding Clay/Graphite
1765
Kaspar Faber’s technique of binding clay/graphite and encasing in wood, Germany -
Colored Pencils
1790-1795
Conté and Hardmuth give us colored pencils! -
Lithography
c. 1800
Lithography invented in Germany -
Crayola
In 1800 “Crayola” is introduced -
First Metal Collapsible Tube for Paint
1822:
First metal collapsible tube for artists’ paint -
Zinc Oxide White introduced as Chinese White
In 1837, Zinc oxide white introduced as Chinese White by Winsor & Newton -
Water-miscible Oils
c. 1900
Water-miscible oils, PVA and Polyurethane paints -
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Felt-tip Pens
c. 1950
Felt tip pens introduced -
Magic Markers
1952
Magic Markers -
Liquitex, Acrylic Polymer Emulsion Paint
1956
Liquitex, first commercial acrylic polymer emulsion artists’ paint, produced by H. Levison. -
MAX Oil (the first water-soluble oil paint)
1992
Grumbacher introduces MAX Oil, the first water soluble oil paint
