Price: Free
Pigments have been used for thousands of years to bring colour to our world. This talk will describe some of the earliest pigments known, explain curious methods of making pigments in ancient times and the development of synthetic pigments from the 1700s to modern times.
The talk will be illustrated with examples of art – from the Renaissance, the Impressionists and the twentieth century.
This talk follows on from our February event when artist-curator Trevor Burgess talked about colour in art from an artist’s perspective.
Street art, Wharf Street Leeds 2020 – by @insa_gram
Christine Holdstock became involved in the topic of colour when she joined the Dyeing department of Wira (the Wool Industries Research Association) in Leeds. At Wira she undertook research into the control of the dyeing process and was awarded a PhD from the University of Leeds.
Christine was a member of the Department of Colour Chemistry and Dyeing (which became the Department of Colour Science) at the University of Leeds for over 20 years. She taught many aspects of Colour Science, including the history of coloration, human colour vision, colour measurement and dyeing. She was awarded the Society of Dyers and Colourists’ Silver medal in 2014 and the SDC’s Fellowship in 2015.
After retiring from the University in 2016, Christine developed Colour Physics content for the Society of Dyers and Colourists’ online ASDC course and remains a volunteer for the SDC.
