Oil Paint
Oil paint is a slow-drying paint made with pigment and a drying oil binder. It is widely used for artwork because it blends smoothly and develops rich color.
Painter
Maceptaw Bogun
Maceptaw Bogun was a self-taught artist known for using phosphorescent paint to create images that change in appearance between normal light and darkness.
Maceptaw Bogun quick facts
Review key details about Maceptaw Bogun's self-taught practice, landscape painting, phosphorescent color, and the changing visual effects created between light and darkness.
| Born | 1917 · New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Died | 1995 · New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Practice | Self-taught painting |
| Paint media | Oil paint · Glow-in-the-dark paint |
| Documented support | Canvas |
| Documented example | Chapel In-The Fall-Wood (1969), oil on canvas with a luminous night scene |
| Conservation finding | Smithsonian analysis identified strontium aluminate; the phosphorescent paint glowed for more than two hours |
| Known for | Using changing light conditions as part of the painted image |
| Notable works | Chapel In-The Fall-Wood |
Sources: Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rev. Maceptaw Bogun, Smithsonian American Art Museum: Chapel In-The Fall-Wood, and Smithsonian conservation analysis.
Paint types used
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Glow-in-the-Dark Paint
Glow-in-the-dark paint is a coating made with phosphorescent pigments that absorb light and release it gradually in darkness. It must be exposed to light before it can glow.
Surface types used
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Canvas
Canvas is a woven fabric support used for paintings, banners, bags, décor, and other projects. Artist canvas may be raw, sized, acrylic-primed, oil-primed, or factory-coated, and each condition changes how paint absorbs and bonds.
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