HORADAM Aquarell 1930s Edition 15ml

This special limited range focuses on historic shades from the 1930's. Schmincke Horadam Watercolour Tubes offer professional-quality colour with exceptional pigment strength and reliability. Developed using the same formulations as the renowned Horadam pans, these paints provide rich, vibrant colour with excellent flow and control on the page.

Made with carefully selected gum arabic and high-quality pigments, each colour delivers outstanding lightfastness and clarity. The smooth consistency allows for effortless mixing, whether working in bold, saturated applications or building delicate transparent layers.

Horadam watercolours are designed to be fully reworkable once dry and perform consistently across a wide range of techniques, from fine detail to expressive washes.

• Gamboge gum 

  • Intense, transparent glazing yellow
  • Originally extracted from the resin of the Southeast Asian gutta tree
  • Known in Europe since the 17th century, frequently used in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Strong colour effect, high transparency
  • Original pigment toxic, now replaced by synthetic and lightfast pigments
  • Popular for bright coatings and highlights

Solferine 

• Semi-transparent, intense magenta
• Originally made from synthetic aniline dye
• Discovered in 1858 after the Battle of Solferino – namesake
• One of the first tar dyes, symbolising both modernity and progress
• Originally popular for textiles and painting
• These days, replaced by lightfaster organic pigments with a similar purple tone

Cassler brown 

• Warm, semi-transparent brown tone from brown coal (NBr8)
• Good lightfastness
• Already known in the 16th century, widespread from the 17th to 19th centuries
• Popular pigment until the 1960s
• Replaced since the 1970s by more resistant, similarly glazing pigments
• Hardly available anymore in art supplies
• Appreciated by van Dyck, Rembrandt, Rubens
• Recognisable in historical paintings as a warm, transparent brown, often mixed with gold ochre