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search  Sennelier is a French brand of art supplies famous for
their hand selected pigments. They produce oil paints, water
colors, gouache, pastels, india ink and many other mediums.
Gustave Sennelier opened this art supply store in 1887, near the
famous Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Initially, Sennelier sold paints
made by various manufacturers; later he chose to produce his own
paints using local pigments and binders procured from his
travels across Europe.  Anecdotally, it is believed that
Sennelier's gained prominence at this time. Art-supply shops
were ubiquitous, and Cézanne, Gauguin, and many other artists
would shop around in the neighborhood, in search of particular
shades of paint. If Gustave Sennelier didn't stock the color, he
would create it for his painters.  In 1949, the Sennelier shop
created a product specially for Pablo Picasso. He wanted colors
he could use on any surface, without first having to do special
preparation or coating. Henri S