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Fun Fact Friday - Killer Wallpaper (Encore)
Season 3 · Episode 123

Fun Fact Friday - Killer Wallpaper (Encore)

In one of the more strange but true stories from art history, Scheele's green was a popular, beautiful yet deadly emerald hue made from arsenic.

Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

March 4, 20227m 36s

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Show Notes

This episode covers a little bit of odd art history. In the victorian era, a synthetic green pigment was developed using an arsenic compound. While it was popular, Scheele’s green also killed some people.

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