The history of acrylic paint

The history of acrylic paint

Acrylic paint is a twentieth-century innovation: the artists of the industrial revolution were looking for a material that was more docile and quicker to dry.

Acrylic paint is a twentieth-century innovation: artists of the industrial revolution were looking for a material that was more docile and quicker to dry. In his factory, Monsieur Bourgeois developed acrylic and vinyl paints, giving painters greater spontaneity. Acrylic paint is one of the revolutions that has marked the history of modern art, thanks to its potential for material-emotion. Lefranc Bourgeois Fine Acrylic is a paint made from pigments and synthetic resins, appreciated for its fast drying properties. Used both indoors and outdoors, it offers freedom of movement and allows artists to follow their creative instincts. Acrylic is the paint of spontaneous expression!

Lefranc Bourgeois makes it a point of honor to produce paints and additives hand in hand with the best specialists in the field: painters, chemists and professionals. By developing a range of additives for acrylic paint, Lefranc Bourgeois enables painters to transform each tint into a color-material, through a multitude of effects, textures, plays of light and depth. The tint becomes a modular, multiform material that responds to the needs and techniques of artists.

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What is mixed media? Acrylic paint is a modern material that gives free rein to painters' desires. It offers the possibility of creating “mixed media” works in which several materials come into play, such as ink, Flashe vinyl paint, alcohol markers, etc. Because acrylic colors are miscible and have covering power, they can be used to add luminosity, transparency and the interplay of materials.