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Q: Fairfield Porter's Maroger Medium Receipe ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Fairfield Porter's Maroger Medium Receipe
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts
Asked by: pesam-ga
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Posted: 22 Nov 2005 08:48 PST
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Question ID: 596255
What was Fairfield Porter's precise Maroger Medium receipe? He is said
to have made his own Maroger Medium and there are many variations of
this medium. What was his personal receipe and did it include any wax?
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Subject: Re: Fairfield Porter's Maroger Medium Receipe
From: cspango-ga on 13 Dec 2005 09:51 PST
 
1 part lead carbonate, 1 part beeswax, and 10 parts of linseed oil
Subject: Re: Fairfield Porter's Maroger Medium Receipe
From: pesam-ga on 13 Dec 2005 15:28 PST
 
The 1 part lead carbonate ( or oxide ), 1 part beeswax, and 10 parts
linseed oil recipe is one of the many recipes 'revived' or
'rediscovered' is by Jacques Maroger.  It was called the 'Venetian'
formula by Mr. Maroger.  Authors like Justin Spring and John Spike
claim that this is the medium used most by Fairfield Porter after he
studied with Jacques Maroger.  Based on the research I have conducted
since posting this question I would disagree.  I believe Fairfield
Porter mainly used the medium Jacques Maroger called the 'Flemish'
medium.  This is the medium painters and art supply manufacturers
today refer to as the "Maroger Medium". It is comprised of linseed oil
heated with lead and then  after cooling combined with mastic varnish
comprised of mastic and gum turpentine. Fairfield Porter's comments
about the handling properties of his medium during his interview with
John Cummings (http://www.aaasi.edu/oralhist/porter68.htm )suggest the
'Flemish' recipe.  The painter Jane Wilson who was a personal friend
of Porter and with whom he used to discuss painting materials talked
about Porter cooking homemade Maroger medium to use in his painting
and then goes on to say "He ALSO (my capitalization) mixed a wax
compound with a solvent which turned it into a kind of soap.  It
looked like a creamy cold cream and he kept it in cold cream jars that
came from Anne.  He'd put a big gob of it on a palette, mix it with
his colors, and that's where that wonderfully satiny color in his
brighter paintings come from." (
http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20041021/feat1.htm ).  It seems to me
that Fairfield Porter used the 'Flemish' medium of Jacques Maroger but
that he also added a bit of wax or wax -solvent mixture to the
'Flemish' medium and paint he mixed on his palette.  Many of today's
painters who use the 'Flemish' recipe or leaded linseed oil - mastic
varnish medium also mix in a bit of wax on the palette-at he last
minute so to speak to temper the sheen of the surface.

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