Holbein originated in 1919, the history is not shorter than many European and American manufacturers, but it does not have the same oil painting accumulation as Europe and the United States, in 1933 after the establishment of the Institute of Painting Materials, it imported pigments from all over the world, and had its own independent development of oil paint foundation.
Holbein's attitude in the production of oil paints is impeccable, and all its pigments are sent to AP and SATM for testing and certification, and the toxicity and environmental protection can be checked one by one. It is an all-round pigment brand, but the production lines are strictly separated, and the Nara factory produces oil paints exclusively to grind them to a smoothness that was not attainable in the old era, and it is easy to spread, stack, and blend them with the usual level of grinding.
But in front of strict professional painters, Holbein did not receive enough praise, its artist-grade oil paint has a total of 166 colors, although there are 94 colors of single pigment pigments, but many of them use the same pigment, but the concentration is different. Looking at the color card, its coloring ability is not strong, and more colors need to be added when mixing titanium dioxide. The brands that can be compared with Shennellier, the proportion of single pigment pigment is 55/144, the tinting strength is already weak before unmixed titanium dioxide, and it has a satin effect after drying, and there is no luster.
The most criticized is its durability, up to 4 stars, there are 5 colors for 1-star durability, 24 colors for 2-star durability, the remaining color numbers are mostly 3-star durability, 4-star durability is not much, which is difficult to forgive for artistic creation, 40ml sells for 30-225 yuan, and it can't beat the imported Windsor. The duo water-soluble oil paints have the same principle as Daniel Smith's water-soluble oil paints, with a total of 100 colors, and 17 colors in non-durable colors, and the tinting strength is also not strong, so it is not worth recommending.
When the artist-level oil paint was unable to succeed in the market, Holbein successively launched a lot of more high-end products, Vernet high-end oil paint was officially released in 2012, the formula is only pigment and dry oil, 100% is a single pigment, emphasizing classical color selection. YUICHI Oriental University of Arts jointly developed oil paints, jointly developed by three lecturers and professors at Tokyo University of the Arts and the Holbein Technology Department, are all single pigment pigments, emphasizing concentration and color mixing effect. However, the two collections only had 40 and 30 colors respectively, and there were 3 colors of the non-durable color number, and only a few people tried it out, and it didn't cause a big response.
