Magna (paint)

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Magna Paint
Magna paints in original packaging

Magna is the brand name of an acrylic resin paint, developed by

miscible with turpentine or mineral spirits, though both can dry rapidly to a matte or glossy finish.[1] It was used by artists such as Barnett Newman, Morris Louis, and Roy Lichtenstein.[2][3]
Roy Lichtenstein used magna with oil paints.

Modern Equivalent

Golden Artist Colors produces Mineral Spirit Acrylics[4] as a direct replacement for Magna. Any differences between the two are small, if any, and Roy Lichtenstein used them for that purpose. If anything, he thought the available color spectrum of MSA Conservation Color was better than Bocour's Magna.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jean Fitzgerald, "Leonard Bocour papers and business records, 1933-1993", http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/leonard-bocour-papers-and-business-records-6446/more, accessed Feb 2011.
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  3. ^ Linhorst, Stan (2019-09-17). "Golden Artist Colors CEO: Leadership is not about an individual but the team". syracuse. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ^ "Mineral Spirit Acrylic Colors". Golden Artist Colors, Inc. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. ^ "Magna Paint - anyone heard of it?". WetCanvas. 2017-06-20. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

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