Bromoil Process
![Bromoil portrait of the Norwegian painter Andreas Jacobsen. Made by Erik Hattrem from 4x5](/Images/godic/202501/02/Portrait_of_Andreas_Jackobsen1621.jpg")
![Bromoil by Josef Jindřich Šechtl, 1920s](/Images/godic/202501/02/Bromoil-Josef_Jindřich_Šechtl1621.jpg")
![Goldbandlilie 1932, a 4-colour bromoil-transfer by F. Rontag](/Images/godic/202501/02/Goldblinie_gr1621.jpg")
The Bromoil Process was an early photographic process that was very popular with the Pictorialists during the first half of the twentieth century. The soft, paint-like qualities of the prints are very typical for this genre, and have recently led to some art photographers using the process again.