Maroger medium
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Description
A megilp formulation introduced in the 1940's by Jacques Maroger as a new medium for oil painting. Megilp is a thixotropic gel resulting from the equal combination of resin mastic varnish and oil black oil (leaded drying oil).
Synonyms and Related Terms
Maroger's medium
Additional Information
Lance Mayer, Gay Myers, 'Old Master Recipes in the 1920s, 1930, and 1940s: Curry, Marsh, Doerner, and Maroger', JAIC 41(1), 2002.
Authority
- Ralph Mayer, Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000