Page 2 - Studio International - May 1965

Leonard Rosoman·s 'Death of Elizabeth 1·.
Leading artists chose cryla for Shakespeare paintings

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Among the many attractions at last Cryla colours {the acrylic paints made by As further proof of Cryla's toughness and
year's Shakespeare Exhibition at Strat­ George Rowney & Co. Ltd) were in fact the flexibility, all eight paintings have been rolled,
ford-on-Avon were eight revolutionary only possible solution to the problems that transported and restretched four times since the
paintings in an entirely new artists' faced the chosen artists. Time was short - and Shakespeare Exhibition - and still they are in
medium-Cryla. the canvases were to be moved from London perfect condition.
immediately on completion.
The huge canvases (four measured 30ft by
15 ft) were primed with Cryla Primer; by night­
fall the same day they were ready for painting.
Within seven weeks the paintings were com­
pleted. Almost immediately they were wound
on rollers for despatch to Stratford - a feat that
would have been impossible with conventional MADE IN ENGLAND
oil colours. BY GEORGE ROWNEY
The varied styles of the artists show the & COMPANY LTD
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Rosoman at work an inch thick. SINCE 1789

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