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Subject:
Fairfield Porter's Maroger Medium Receipe
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts Asked by: pesam-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
22 Nov 2005 08:48 PST
Expires: 22 Dec 2005 08:48 PST 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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