{"id":1293,"date":"2014-07-29T18:22:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2015-07-28T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T18:52:43","slug":"morris-louis-art-supplies-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"Morris Louis: Art Supplies Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was doing a bit of research on the web earlier today when I stumbled over this letter from Morris Louis to Rene Bocour. It\u2019s from the National Archives Leonard Bocour Collection. It\u2019s essentially an order from Louis, but at the same time it\u2019s a complaint letter.<\/p>\n

Rene Bocour and Sam Golden supplied a paint called Magma \u2013 it is best described as an early type of acrylic paint, however, it is thinned with mineral spirits or turpentine. Magma was used by Louis, Newman and Roy Lichtenstein.<\/p>\n

To note Magma was sold through Bocour Artists Colors. Golden is the nephew of Bocour and would later go on to create a different successful paint company called Golden Artist Colors, where an updated version of this paint is called Golden MSA Colors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The full size easy to read letter is at the National Archives website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was doing a bit of research on the web earlier today when I stumbled over this letter from Morris Louis to Rene Bocour. It\u2019s from the National Archives Leonard Bocour Collection. It\u2019s essentially an order from Louis, but at the same time it\u2019s a complaint letter. Rene Bocour and Sam Golden supplied a paint called Magma \u2013 it is best described as an early type of acrylic paint, however, it is thinned with mineral spirits or turpentine. Magma was used by Louis, Newman and Roy Lichtenstein. To note Magma was sold through Bocour Artists Colors. Golden is the nephew…<\/p>\n

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