Re: meglip

In Reply to: Re: meglip posted by rob howard on 07/27/00 at 9:11 AM:

: The Cennini Maroger's medium, which you have not tried or you would not describe it as you do, comes as two components; Black Oil (which is Special Aged linseed [that's the industrial name, not mine] into which a laboratory grade of lead monoxide (litharge) is ground and then brought to 455F and held until the solids go into solution. The oil is slowly brought down in temperature over a three hour period and allowed to stand for three days. Some turbidity settles out and the oil is decanted and stored in containers filled with CO2, to prevent oxidation.

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I indeed have tried your medium and stand by what I said. In fairness to you, I’m very persnickety about what I actually paint with (although promiscuous about trying different mediums and combinations; my studio has shelf upon shelf of oils, mediums, pigments, etc).

If you have changed your opinion as to what meglip is and how it differs from maroger, fine. Although I don’t think it can be pinned down to a single instance, such as you quote.

So, if I understand you, maroger is mastic, turp, and oil (with lead); meglip is the same as maroger only without lead. If this is true, and maroger is permanent while meglip is fugitive, this is interesting.

The maroger sold at the Art Students League, the formula which I subsequently learned and employed for many years, was made by dropping a small portion of litharge into the heated oil (cold pressed) and stirred once then strained. The resulting medium is a very hard gel, harder than that resulting from your product.
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