Histoire des pigments et des techniques picturales

From the earth and charcoal used by our distant ancestors on cave walls to the invention of acrylic paint… thousands of years have passed. Humans have never stopped inventing new techniques, new pigments, and new media, always with the same goal in mind: to express themselves through color. Painting and creating are second nature to humans, and as the ages have passed, possibilities have multiplied and expertise has continued to expand. Each new technique brings improvements, and each new color expands artists’ palettes, serving the imagination. By **Gaëlle Cordier**, cultural mediator at Vaucelles Abbey and conservator’s assistant for the MusVerre collections.