alkyd resin

/ ˈælkɪd /

noun

1. any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives

Example Sentences

Soon after graduating from Princeton, where he found common cause with the painter Frank Stella and the critic Michael Fried, he experimented with swirling, turbulent paintings, using new materials like alkyd resin, before arriving at a refined minimalism that confronted viewers with an isolated, luminous geometric form — usually a disc or a square — hovering over a single-color ground.

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