Alphonse Legros. Study of Michelangelo's
Deluge. Horvitz Collection, Beverly Farms
by Michael Miller
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| Chinese White Heightening |
| Artists were aware of the
propensity to lead white to turn, and they sought alternatives. French
artists attempted to work with zinc white in the late eighteenth century,
but they found that its covered the sheet unevenly in a wash. In 1834, the
English manufacturers, Winsor & Newton introduced a patented white pigment
made from zinc oxide, which they called Chinese White. |
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