Swiss colour manufacturer for highly pigmented artists' colours, painting aids and products for the restoration of art and cultural assets
Lascaux Colours & Restauro
Brüttisellen (ZH), SwitzerlandNew on Amplifa
About Lascaux
Lascaux is a Swiss colour manufacturer founded in 1963, based in Brüttisellen in the canton of Zurich. The company develops and produces highly pigmented artists' colours, painting aids and products for the restoration and conservation of art and cultural assets – made in Switzerland, also individually according to customer requirements on request. The range includes acrylic colours (Lascaux Artist, Studio, Aquacryl, Perlacryl, Crystal, Sirius), gouache (Resonance), bronze colours, transparent varnishes, primers (Hydrogrund, Uni Primer) and consolidating agents. In addition to production, Lascaux offers workshops, screen printing workshops, company tours, lectures as well as consulting and colour concepts for architecture projects. The products are used, among other things, in museums, in heritage conservation projects, in façade and wall painting and at cultural institutions such as the Royal Academy of Arts London or SBB.
- Site
- Brüttisellen, Switzerland
- Processes
- Production of highly pigmented artists' colours and painting aids (colour manufactory), Screen printing technique (on paper and textiles, workshops), Individual colour production according to customer requirements, Restoration and conservation of artworks and cultural assets (products for consolidation), Façade and wall painting (large-format murals, façade design), Production of highly pigmented artists' colours and painting aids, Products for the restoration and conservation of art and cultural assets, Individual colours according to customer requirements
- Materials
- Lascaux Artist acrylic colours, Lascaux Studio Acrylic, Lascaux Aquacryl, Lascaux Perlacryl, Lascaux Crystal (interference colours), Lascaux Sirius, Lascaux Studio Bronze Original, Lascaux Resonance Gouache
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1963
- Industries
- Art Supplies/Fine Arts, Restoration and Conservation of Art and Cultural Assets, Architecture and Façade Design, Stage/Cultural Institutions
- 01
Development of colour formulations
- 02
Production of highly pigmented colours and painting aids
- 03
Individual colour adjustment according to customer requirements
- 04
Consulting and colour concepts for architecture projects
- 05
Workshops, screen printing technique and application training
Colours, Products and Techniques
Lascaux Artist Acrylic Colours
Highly pigmented artists' acrylic colours, among other things for decorative paintings in the Villa Patumbah Zurich.
Lascaux Studio Acrylic
Versatile acrylic colour for wall and façade painting, used in major projects in Frankfurt and Dundee.
Lascaux Aquacryl
Liquid acrylic colour, used by Sarah Pickstone for the Royal Academy of Arts London.
Lascaux Perlacryl
Pearlescent colour, among other things for the redesign of the company building Brüttisellen in 2014.
Lascaux Crystal (Interference Colours)
Interference colours with light-dependent colour-change interaction, used at the SBB headquarters Bern Wankdorf.
Lascaux Sirius
Luminous acrylic colour for intensely coloured architectural spaces such as the Scherr school building Zurich.
Lascaux Studio Bronze Original
Bronze colours for shimmering colour designs, used in the Alhambra Theatre Geneva.
Lascaux Resonance Gouache
Gouache colour, subject of its own painting workshops.
Lascaux Transparent Varnish
Protective varnish for wall and façade work, among other things on the wall painting Steinenstrasse Lucerne.
Lascaux Hydrogrund and Uni Primer
Primers for exposed concrete and substrates in the architectural sector.
Lascaux Medium for Consolidation
Agent for securing paint layers in restoration, used in the Villa Patumbah.
Locations
Brüttisellen
CHCompany building and colour manufactory (Walder area)
- Materials
- Acrylic colours, gouache, bronze colours, varnishes, primers
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of highly pigmented artists' colours and painting aids (colour manufactory)Surface | – | – | – | – | Acrylic (Lascaux Artist, Studio, Aquacryl, Perlacryl), Gouache (Lascaux Resonance), Bronze colours (Lascaux Studio Bronze), Transparent varnish, Hydrogrund, Uni Primer, Medium for consolidation |
| Screen printing technique (on paper and textiles, workshops)Surface | – | – | – | – | Paper, Textiles |
| Individual colour production according to customer requirementsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Restoration and conservation of artworks and cultural assets (products for consolidation)Surface | – | – | – | – | Lascaux Medium for consolidation, Lascaux Artist acrylic colours, Lascaux Studio, Lascaux transparent varnish |
| Façade and wall painting (large-format murals, façade design)Surface | – | – | – | – | Lascaux Studio Acrylic, Lascaux Hydrogrund, Lascaux Uni Primer, Lascaux transparent varnish |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The products are made in Switzerland and have proven themselves for decades in reference projects of heritage conservation and architecture; detailed certifications are not documented.
| Evidence | Brüttisellen |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1963
Foundation of the company
- 1970
Art furnishing of the Rämibühl cantonal school Zurich by Karl Schmid with Lascaux Studio
- 1978
Wall painting Steinenstrasse Lucerne by Werner Vogel with Lascaux Studio
- 1999
Colour design Lido Lucerne with Lascaux Studio by Peter Roesch
- 2002
Colour design Scherr school building Zurich with Lascaux Sirius and Studio
- 2004
Sol LeWitt 'The Zurich Project' at Haus Konstruktiv Zurich with Lascaux Artist
- 2014
Colour design SBB headquarters Bern Wankdorf, renovation of the Alhambra Theatre Geneva and redesign of the company building Brüttisellen
- 2015
Façade painting Carl Friedrich Gauss in Frankfurt by Thomas Stolz
- 2016
Colour design Tay Road Bridge Dundee, Scotland
- 2018
Façade painting in Frankfurt and work by Sarah Pickstone for the Royal Academy of Arts London with Lascaux Aquacryl