Ripolin

'''Ripolin''' is a brand of paint. It was the first commercially available brand of enamel paint.

Ripolin, a brand of commercial ready-mixed paints formulated for architectural, marine and other applications, originated in the Netherlands where it was developed by the chemist Carl Julius Ferdinand Riep.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pelgrim |first=E. |year=1994 |title=Hilversumse historie. De Ripolin verffabriek. |journal=Eigen Perk |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=24–39}}</ref> In 1897, the Briegleb paint company, as it was then known, formed a partnership with the French firm Lefranc, a manufacturer of artists’ materials. The merged company was named Ripolin, in honor of Riep, and a Ripolin factory was established in France.<ref name="muir">{{citation |last1=Muir |first1=K. |title=ICOM Committee for Conservation, 16th Triennial Meeting, Lisbon 19-23 September 2011 |year=2011 |contribution=Interdisciplinary Investigation of Early House Paints: Picasso, Picabia and their “Ripolin” Paintings – Revision 1 |publisher=International Council of Museums |last2=Gautier |first2=G. |last3=Casadio |first3=F. |last4=A. |first4=Vila |author-link3=Francesca Casadio}}</ref> Ripolin paints became sufficiently renowned during the period that “ripolin” became synonymous with enamel paints in general and entered the French dictionary as early as 1907.<ref name="muir"/> Today Ripolin is the property of PPG Industries.

Picasso and Le Corbusier both used Ripolin in their works.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moskowitz|first=Clara|title=Picasso's Genius Revealed: He Used Common House Paint|url=https://news.yahoo.com/picassos-genius-revealed-used-common-house-paint-155124899.html|publisher=LiveScience.com|accessdate=8 February 2013}}</ref> The latter's argument against ornamentation and the promotion of the use of white enamel ripolin was famously documented in his ''Law of Ripolin''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Halle|first=David|title=Inside Culture: Art and Class in the American Home|year=1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=9780226313689}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Le Corbusier |title=The Decorative Art of Today |year=1987 |orig-date=1925 |publisher=The Architectural Press |location=London |isbn=978-0851390154 |others=Dunnet, James I. (trans.)}}</ref> In this, he imagined covering the world in the paint: "Imagine the results of the Law of Ripolin. Every citizen is required to replace his hangings, his damasks, his wall-papers, his stencils, with a plain coat of white ripolin. His home is made clean. There are no more dirty, dark corners. Everything is shown as it is."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Le Corbusier |date=1987 |orig-date=1925 |title=The Law of Ripolin |journal=The Decorative Arts of Today |publisher=Architectural Press |publication-place=London}}</ref>

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