A family history
Founded in 1865 in Belgium by Jacques Blockx I, the BLOCKX brand is today recognised by artists worldwide for the quality of its oil colours. At the time, the founder’s Belgian artist friends despaired that the beautiful traditional colours made in artists’ studios were no longer available, replaced by industrial methods. Jacques Blockx I, a chemist with a passion for dyes and pigments, decided to develop them for them in a small laboratory on his property.
“To find a formula that will give oil colours the necessary qualities of solidity, brilliance and beauty, that is the goal I have tried to achieve.”