Winsor & Newton
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| Industry | art materials |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1832 |
| Website | winsornewton.com |
Winsor & Newton manufactures a wide variety of fine art products including: oils, alkyds, watercolours, acrylics, pastels, brushes, canvases, papers, portfolios, and distributes the Derwent pencil sets.
History
The company was founded in 1832 by William Winsor and Henry Newton. The firm was originally located at Henry Newton’s home in 38 Rathbone Place, London. This was then part of an artists’ quarter in which a number of eminent painters, including Constable, had studios, and other colourmen were already established.
The Winsor & Newton student range of watercolours is named after John Sell Cotman.
Products
The following is a list containing the art products made by Winsor & Newton: [1]
| Medium | Products |
|---|---|
| Oil | paint, solvents, drying oils, varnishes, oil bars |
| Acrylic | paint, additives, varnishes, masking |
| Watercolor | paint, mask fluids, gum arabic, aquapasto, masking |
| Gouache | paint |
| Inks | drawing ink, caligraphy ink |
| Brushes | oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and multi-purpose brushes |
| Papers | oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink, charcoal, drawing and craft papers, canvases |
| Accessories | palettes, painting knives, charcoals, dip pens (under the brands Gillott and William Mitchell), easels |
In Fiction
The Winsor & Newton paints are repeatedly referenced in Dorothy Sayers' 1931 detective novel "Five Red Herrings" whose plot deals with a painter being murdered and six other painters being suspected of killing him. The painting habits of the suspects, including which kind of paint is used by each, turn out to provide crucial clues eventually leading Lord Peter Wimsey to the real culprit.