In 1949, Parisian painter Henri GOETZ approached Henri SENNELIER the famous artist materials manufacturer, about creating a wax colour stick for his friend Pablo PICASSO. Picasso, a long-time Sennelier customer and a frequent visitor to their store across the street from the Louvre museum, was looking for a medium that could be used freely on a variety of surfaces without fading or cracking.
Their collaboration produced the incomparable SENNELIER oil pastels. Originally available in a palette of classic hues, the colour selection was expanded with the addition of metallic and iridescent hues.
Beyond these classic hues a selection of unique shades is available, and in particular a gradation of greys, required for a balanced palette. This evolution is the fruit of a long-standing collaboration with European and North American painters, who have worked with our company in developing an exceptional palette of shades.
The Sennelier oil pastel is a product that makes use of the components used in all Sennelier colours: top quality pigme nts, an extremely pure synthetic binding medium and mineral wax. The pigments are ground with an inert, non-siccative binding medium that does not oxidise and that has no effect upon either film stability or surface. This base is then mixed with wax (neutral pH). The balance of this mix provides Sennelier oil pastels with a unique unctuousness and a creamy texture that allows for a great deal of freedom in pictorial expression.
The Sennelier oil pastels possess an extraordinarily high pigment content, thus providing them with a high colouring and covering potential, excellent brightness and a high degree of light stability (with the exception of metallic and fluorescent shades).
This set comes in a wooden box and contains the following colours:
001 White, 006 Pale Blue, 007 Prussian Blue, 008 Bordeaux, 011 Blue Gray, 013 Yellow Gray, 016 Gray Green, 017 Violet Gray, 019 Lemon Yellow, 020 Yellow Deep, 021 Naples Yellow, 025 Flesh Ochre, 026 Yellow Ochre, 029 Red Light, 031 Ruby Red, 046 Olive Green, 077 Pale Pink Madder Lake, 080 Indigo Light, 090 Chinese Orange, 098 Mars Black, 099 Titanium Buff, 202 Geranium Lake Light, 205 Moss Green, 208 Mars Orange, 209 Violet Ochre, 211 Midnight Blue, 213 Pine Green, 214 Celadon Green, 216 Parma Violet, 222 Phthalo Blue, 223 Cold Gray, 225 Indian Blue, 231 Gold Brown, 237 French Ultramarine Blue, 239 Red Brown, and 243 Earth Brown.001 White, 006 Pale Blue, 007 Prussian Blue, 008 Bordeaux, 011 Blue Gray, 013 Yellow Gray, 016 Gray Green, 017 Violet Gray, 019 Lemon Yellow, 020 Yellow Deep, 021 Naples Yellow, 025 Flesh Ochre, 026 Yellow Ochre, 029 Red Light, 031 Ruby Red, 046 Olive Green, 077 Pale Pink Madder Lake, 080 Indigo Light, 090 Chinese Orange, 098 Mars Black, 099 Titanium Buff, 202 Geranium Lake Light, 205 Moss Green, 208 Mars Orange, 209 Violet Ochre, 211 Midnight Blue, 213 Pine Green, 214 Celadon Green, 216 Parma Violet, 222 Phthalo Blue, 223 Cold Gray, 225 Indian Blue, 231 Gold Brown, 237 French Ultramarine Blue, 239 Red Brown, and 243 Earth Brown.
