Let op!
- 01-11-2019
- 09:30 - 17:00
- Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Smallepad 5, 3811 MG Amersfoort
De voertaal van deze bijeenkomst is Engels.
The annual Picture Meeting is a platform for discussion and networking for conservators of painted objects, conservation scientists and art historians. The meeting is an opportunity to meet your peers and to share recent developments in thinking and practical approaches in conservation and conservation practice. Anyone involved, including students, in the research and care of painted objects is welcome!
The program for this meeting will focus on a variety of subjects from the history of technical studies on the cleaning of paintings, via formulation of 19th Century paints, to early uses of synthetic varnishes by Dutch leading conservators. Recent research and restoration projects on historic interiors, Van Gogh, Monet and Chagall will be presented.
Registration
The meeting is free of charge but you will need to register. Please do so using the registration form.
Program
| Time | |
| 09.30 | Registration |
| 10.00 | Welcome and Introduction Klaas Jan van den Berg, RCE |
| 10.10 | The Cultural Heritage Laboratory: research on demand Inez van der Werf, RCE |
| 10.25 | The cleaning of paintings: an overview of technical studies since the 1950s Lambert Baij, UvA |
| 11.15 | BREAK |
| 11.30 | Van Gogh’s ‘Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen’: Examination and treatment with a focus on original and later varnish layers Kathrin Pilz, Van Gogh Museum |
| 12.15 | Alkyd %#$@*? An unusual synthetic varnish Klaas Jan van den Berg, RCE |
| 12.30 | Announcement: Master class on wax/resin lining Emilie Froment, UvA |
| 12.35 | LUNCH |
| 13.35 | Wisterias untangled – Research and conservation of a late Monet painting Ruth Hoppe, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, FKA Gemeentemuseum |
| 13.45 | Technical Research on nine paintings by Marc Chagall, 1912-1947 Meta Chavannes, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam en Klaas Jan van den Berg RCE |
| 14.00 | Studying the “Algemeene Voorwaarden” - Reconstruction of 19th Century paints Pieter Keune |
| 14.30 | The story of logwood ink Han Neevel, RCE |
| 15.15 | TEA |
| 15.30 | Medieval Vault paintings of the Zuiderkerk, technical research combined with digital retouching and reconstruction. Sanne Berbers, RCE |
| 16.00 | Medieval tomb-paintings from Sluis Rutger Morelissen, RCE |
| 16.30 | Study of a sixteenth century panel painting from Spain Maria Vicente, Marjan de Visser studio |
| 17.00 | Drinks and nibbles. |