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Winsor & Newton and The Golden Age of Watercolour: 1750-1850

Extraordinary artists, technological breakthroughs. Learn how they changed British watercolour history.

Back in the 19th century, artists still had to contend with paint that faded quickly, its colour extracted from roots, berries and flowers.

Discover the history of art therapy and learn how colour has long been know to affect our mood and wellbeing.

With its intriguing spidery handwriting, the label on this little bottle of Mars yellow pigment is as beautiful as the colour inside.

Winsor & Newton have been on the cutting edge of art materials since1832. Here is a timeline of our innovative Graphic Arts materials.

Learn how the Ostwald colour system influenced a generation of artists, from Mondrian to Kandinsky, as well as how we understand colour today.

Find out more about English artist Alfred Munnings, an avid Winsor & Newton fan and one of the world's most famous painters of horses.

Albert, Prince Consort, was a Winsor & Newton devotee like Queen Victoria, and our moist watercolours were on show at his Great Exhibition.

Only the finest tools were good enough for Queen Victoria, who chose Winsor & Newton materials for her accomplished paintings.

An in-depth look at the stylised realism of Street Scene by British painter LS Lowry, who used Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Colour all his life.

Discover Winsor & Newton’s role in the development of the metal paint tube, and the revolutionary part it played in the history of art.

Explore what inspired John Constable to paint his most famous works, from his love of nature to his powerful personal links to the landscape.

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