Art Materials Timeline

Animal fat, Wax, Blood, Water, Brush and Ink, Egg Tempera

Jan 1, 1000

Materials used from 30,000BC- 1000 AD:
Animal fat, Wax, Blood
1000-901 BC:
Brush and ink painting Water, Wax, and Egg tempera

Lamp Black Ink

Apr 14, 1266

In China, lamp black ink used in wood
block printing

Casein, pig bladders used for storage of mixed paint

Apr 14, 1400

Renaissance 1400-1600: Casein, pig bladders used for storage of mixed paint

Oil Paint

Apr 14, 1410

Developed by Jan Van Eyck in 1410

Pastels

Apr 14, 1450

c. 1450: Pigments mixed with gum Arabic are formed into pastels, Italy

Wood-cased Graphite Pencil

Apr 14, 1662

1662: Friedrich Staedtler creates the first wood-cased graphite pencil

First Art Materials Shop

Apr 14, 1720

1720
Ancestor of the Lefranc & Bourgeois Company opens an art materials shop, Paris

Binding Clay/Graphite

Apr 14, 1765

1765
Kaspar Faber’s technique of binding clay/graphite and encasing in wood, Germany

Colored Pencils

Apr 14, 1795

1790-1795
Conté and Hardmuth give us colored pencils!

Lithography

Apr 14, 1800

c. 1800
Lithography invented in Germany

Crayola

Apr 14, 1800

In 1800 “Crayola” is introduced

First Metal Collapsible Tube for Paint

Apr 14, 1822

1822:
First metal collapsible tube for artists’ paint

Zinc Oxide White introduced as Chinese White

Apr 14, 1837

In 1837, Zinc oxide white introduced as Chinese White by Winsor & Newton

Water-miscible Oils

Apr 14, 1900

c. 1900
Water-miscible oils, PVA and Polyurethane paints

Art Medium Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Apr 14, 2000

Art Materials Timeline

Period: Apr 14, 1901 to Apr 14, 2000

Felt-tip Pens

Apr 14, 1950

c. 1950
Felt tip pens introduced

Magic Markers

Apr 14, 1952

1952
Magic Markers

Liquitex, Acrylic Polymer Emulsion Paint

Apr 14, 1956

1956
Liquitex, first commercial acrylic polymer emulsion artists’ paint, produced by H. Levison.

MAX Oil (the first water-soluble oil paint)

Apr 14, 1992

1992
Grumbacher introduces MAX Oil, the first water soluble oil paint