Ripolin

Ripolin is a brand of paint. It was the first commercially available brand of enamel paint.

Ripolin, a brand of commercial ready-mixed paints formulated for architectural, marine and other applications, originated in the Netherlands where it was developed by the chemist Carl Julius Ferdinand Riep.[1] In 1897, the Briegleb paint company, as it was then known, formed a partnership with the French firm Lefranc, a manufacturer of artists’ materials. The merged company was named Ripolin, in honor of Riep, and a Ripolin factory was established in France.[2] Ripolin paints became sufficiently renowned during the period that “ripolin” became synonymous with enamel paints in general and entered the French dictionary as early as 1907.[2] Today Ripolin is the property of PPG Industries.

Picasso and Le Corbusier both used Ripolin in their works.[3] The latter's argument against ornamentation and the promotion of the use of white enamel ripolin was famously documented in his Law of Ripolin.[4][5]

References
  1. Pelgrim, E. (1994). "Hilversumse historie. De Ripolin verffabriek". Eigen Perk. 14 (1): 24–39.
  2. Muir, K.; Gautier, G.; Casadio, F.; A., Vila (2011), "Interdisciplinary Investigation of Early House Paints: Picasso, Picabia and their "Ripolin" Paintings – Revision 1", ICOM Committee for Conservation, 16th Triennial Meeting, Lisbon 19-23 September 2011, International Council of Museums
  3. Moskowitz, Clara. "Picasso's Genius Revealed: He Used Common House Paint". LiveScience.com. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. Halle, David (1996). Inside Culture: Art and Class in the American Home. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226313689.
  5. Le Corbusier (1987) [1925]. The Decorative Art of Today. Dunnet, James I. (trans.). London: The Architectural Press. ISBN 978-0851390154.
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