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Exhibitors & products at Ambiente 2025

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Max Sauer SAS

About us

MAX SAUER is a French family business based in Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, which designs, manufactures and distributes materials for artists, under the brands RAPHAEL (Brushes for artists, since 1793), ISABEY (Brushes for artists since 1895) and SENNELIER ( Colors for artists since 1887)

Sennelier history:

IN 1887, GUSTAVE SENNELIER, A DEVOTED CHEMIST, ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A PURVEYOR OF FINE-ARTISTS’ PAINTS AT 3 QUAI VOLTAIRE FACING THE LOUVRE AND STEPS AWAY FROM L’ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS.

HAVING THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED THE HISTORY AND USAGE OF PIGMENTS, HE DEVELOPED A DISTINCTIVE PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING OIL COLOURS, FORMULATING PRECISE METHODS FOR MIXING TONES AND FOR CONTROLLING THEIR OPACITY AND TRANSPARENCY. HIS WORK WAS SO METICULOUS AND HIS EYE FOR COLOUR SO ACCURATE THAT ARTISTS SOON BEGAN TO REGARD THE SENNELIER PALETTE AS THE ULTIMATE STANDARD OF QUALITY.

SINCE THEN, SENNELIER ARTISTS’ QUALITY OIL PAINT HAVE HUNG THE WORLD’S GREATEST MUSEUMS, AND THE SENNELIER NAME HAS BECOME A LEGEND. NOT ONLY IS IT RENOWNED FOR SUSTAINING THE TRADITIONS OF THE OLD MASTERS, BUT IT IS ADMIRED WORLDWIDE FOR COMBINING THOSE TRADITIONS WITH THE INNOVATIONS OF MODERN CHEMISTRY.

SENNELIER HAS BECOME THE "REFERENCE" BRAND THAT IS TODAY FOR ARTISTS BECAUSE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO COMBINE THE TRADITION OF OLD MASTERS WITH THE INNOVATIONS PROVIDED BY MODERN CHEMISTRY.

FOR 135 YEARS, SENNELIER GOES ON WITH INCREASING FERVOR TO COMBINE THE TRADITIONS OF THE OLD MASTERS WITH THE INNOVATIONS OF MODERN CHEMISTRY, TO PLEASE TODAY AND TOMOROW'S ARTISTS ASKING FOR VIBRANT AND ETERNAL COLOURS.

Raphaël, a savoir-faire handed down from generation to generation

Our brushes are made by highly skilled "pincelières". Our pincelières are given extensive and rigorous training. The products are controlled at each stage of the manufacturing process. Handles and ferrules are chosen to ensure an attractive presentation as well as solidity. Tradition and know-how among our brushmakers has been passed over many generations and extreme care is taken to "dress" fine hairs before the manufacturing stages. The finished product is of supreme quality, thus ensuring continued pleasure of use which all amateur and professional Artists have come to recognise as synonymous with Raphael brushes.

Keywords

  • Sennelier
  • Raphaël
  • Isabey
  • Berge
  • Pastels