Oils

The sad news about the recent conviction of Odd Nerdrum for tax evasion made me think about the merchantability of paintings.

The 67 year old Norwegian-born artist was accused of failing to pay taxes on €1.8 million of taxable income from sales between 1998–2002, just before he became an Icelandic citizen.[1]

The court defined the crime as aggravated fiscal fraud because the artist “put significant work into hiding his assets, especially by placing a large quantity of money ...

There is not a manufacturer I know that will disclose information about additives for the simple reason they view it as proprietary information. Natural Pigments and our brand of artists' oils, Rublev Colours, have eliminated this problem by not including any stabilizing or dispersing additives, hence there is nothing to disclose, except for the pigment and vehicle. We believe transparency and disclosure is an important issue to professional artists who are creating art works that they expect to ...