Kremer Pigments

Specialties

Find rare historical pigments from around the world, including modern day pigments and paints, at this apothercary-​like retail store in Midtown/​Chelsea. Kremer Pigments offers traditional and unconventional binders, glues, resins, and brushes — an extensive catalog of raw materials for artists, instrument-​makers, interior designers, fashion designers, natural fiber dyers, decorative painters or anyone craftsperson interested in color.

We have been discovering and redeveloping historical pigments since 1977 and have provided NYC artists art materials since 1990. Our pigment assortment consists of over 1000 different mineral pigments made from precious and semiprecious stones.

History

Established in 1977.

Over 30 years ago, chemist George Kremer founded his company, which has since become the first address for historical pigments and mediums.

Starting as a sideline of his study of chemistry, it became quickly apparent that the production and distribution of historic pigments found enthusiastic customers. Dr. Kremer has made it his task to find any desired hue, to obtain the special pigment, or to search for natural occurences of the mineral and produce the pigment from it.

In 1984 the company moved from Rottenburg /​Neckar to Aichstetten/​Allgäu. Kremer owned shops are now in Munich, Stuttgart and New York. More than 50 artist material stores in Germany and around the world offer a range of Kremer Pigmente products.

Kremer Pigmente has become an international leader in the field of pigments for retauration and art painting, and Dr. Kremer is still on the lookout for the true pigments and mediums of the Old Masters.

Meet the Business Owner

Dr. Georg K.

Business Owner

In the 1960s, a restorer and friend of Georg Kremer embarked on a desperate search for the blue pigment which had not been produced since 1910. On hearing this, Georg Kremer, a job-​seeking chemistry student in Tübingen at the time, made some fledgling attempts to track down the pigment analytically in his mini laboratory. And, believe it or not, the reconstruction was a success.

«At 2192°F (1200°C), cobalt ore, silica sand and potash melt into a blue glass nugget which is subsequently ground down into ultra-​fine granules,» reveals Dr. Kremer.

However, the precise recipe is kept firmly under wraps, as the stu–

dent’s discovery simultaneously exposed a gap in the world market.

Two years later, the portentous mixture would form the basis for

Kremer’s own enterprise.

Kremer Pigments was born.

excerpt taken from: Mother Nature’s Most Beautiful Daughters, article by: Heidelberg News, issue 258, 2006.