• 16-09-2022
  • 09:30 - 17:00
  • RCE, Smallepad 5, Amersfoort + online

The Picture Meeting is a platform to discuss topics and burning questions regarding the conservation and research of painted objects.

De voertaal van deze bijeenkomst is Engels.

The day is programmed with several research topics, including presentations on the progress of RCE’s research program Cultural Heritage of the 20th Century. In addition, we welcome a few more pitches of research, short presentations, discussion topics, etc.

Admission to this event is free after online registration. There is space for a maximum of 110 participants in Amersfoort. Or you can follow it online. Choose your preference by registration.

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Program

TImePart
9.15Walk-in
9.35Online walk-in
9.45Welcome and introduction
Klaas Jan van den Berg (RCE)
10.00Synthetic Organic pigments of the Dutch Avant Garde
Rika Pause (RCE, Stichting Behoud Moderne Kunst)
10.30Operation Nightwatch: Macro-scale imaging to reveal Rembrandt's painting technique
Francesca Gabrieli (Rijksmuseum)
11.00Coffee
11.15Bear with us… a Boar-ing presentation about Paulus Potter and the Stier
Abbie Vandivere and Jolijn Schilder (Mauritshuis)
11.45The many uses of Collection Interviews
Adinda van Wely, Sylvia van Schaik (RCE)
12.15Towards an improved treatment of wax-resin lined paintings - Analytical investigation of the reduction of wax-resin (pitch)
Bascha Stabik and Theo Lange (Stichting RestauratieAtelier Limburg)
12.30-13.30Lunch
13.30Two reliefs by Jan Schoonhoven in the Kunstmuseum: painting materials and conservation
Inez van der Werf (RCE) and Ruth Hoppe (Kunstmuseum/Van Goghmuseum)
14.00The Karel Appel Paintings in the Collection of the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum Rotterdam
Louise Wijnberg
14.30Architectural Colour. Research into Gerrit Rietveld’s projects
Fahed Ibrahim, Mariël Polman (RCE)
15.00- 15.15Tea
15.15The process of examining a rare Spanish panel painting by combining techniques
Melissa Daugherty and Marya Albrecht
15.45The Pigment Reference Set (pitch)
Abbie Vandivere (University of Amsterdam)
16.00

The Dutch Method Unfolded, a masterclass on wax-resin lining, reviewing the achievements of the last 3 years
Emilie Froment and Melissa Daugherty (University of Amsterdam)

16.30The Energy of Tradition: rediscovering the craft of my art
Monica Rotgans
17.00Drinks and nibbles