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"We get used to a certain
kind of color of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that
is sticking your neck out a bit. And then pretty soon, that's very
acceptable."
Lee Krasner
"Pastel
is an
art medium
in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered
pigment and
a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those
used to produce all colored art media, including
oil paints;
the binder is of a neutral hue and low
saturation.
The pastel medium was first
mentioned by
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1495.
Artists such as Maurice Quentin de La Tour and Rosalba
Carriera have been using pastels to create masterpieces
as far back as 1703.
During the 18th century the medium became fashionable
for
portrait
painting, used in a mixed technique with
gouache.
In the United States, initially pastels only had
occasional use in portraiture. However in the late
nineteenth century, pastel (like
watercolor)
became more popular. The Society of Painters in Pastel
was founded in 1885.
The Pastellists,
led by
Leon Dabo,
organized in New York in 1910.Pastels have become popular in
modern art because of the medium's broad range of bright colors." Source:
Wikipedia
