Book Description
Explored in this fascinating account is the decisive role played by the new acrylics, housepaints, and other modern blends in the work of ten influential artists: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Frank Stella, Morris Louis, Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Richard Hamilton, and John Hoyland. While often undervalued when considering an artist's work, the type of paint used can strongly affect an image's finished look. Detailed interviews with the painters or their assistants reveal how the artists' choices of modern paint engendered new techniques that contributed distinctive qualities to their work. Jo Crook and Tom Learner are painting conservators in the Conservation Department of London's distinguished Tate Gallery.

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The Impact of Modern Paints examines the role that the latest paints have played in the work of ten influential artists from Britain and the United States - Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, John Hoyland, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Bridget Riley, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. The artists' painting careers from around 1960 onward are recounted through detailed interviews with them or their studio assistants. The authors have added evidence from documentary sources, and from extensive scientific analysis of the works themselves, to show how the latest paints and experimental techniques have brought special qualities to the work of modern painters.

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