Talk on Rubens

The ICON Paintings Group Invite you to a talk given by Kate Stonor
and Clare Richardson, paintings conservators

"Early Rubens: Investigations into artistic production on his return
from Italy"

Thursday, 12 April 2012
Doors open at 6pm talk begins at 6.30pm prompt

In the Grand Robing Room at Freemason's Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ
Close to both Covent Garden and Holborn Tube Stations

Doors open at 6pm

Tickets: ICON members:  UKP10, non- members: UKP15

Please register by sending your name and stating if you are an ICON
member

Your name must be on the security list no later than Monday, 9 April
2012

Free wine and cheese included in the price of ticket

RSVP

    Clare Finn
    +44 20 7937 1895
    FinnClare<-at->aol<.>com

In 2009-10 Clare and Kate undertook the restoration of the Courtauld
Gallery's important early Rubens painting, Moses and the Brazen
Serpent. This was followed in 2011 by the structural treatment and
restoration of another Rubens from the same period, Cain Slaying
Abel, which has now gone back on display. This conservation work
allowed them to make a particularly close study of these two
paintings along with other early Rubens from the Courtauld Galleries
as part of a Villers Fellowship. Their investigation has shed new
light on Rubens' working methods and studio practice, suggesting
earlier dates for some works and the involvement of studio
specialists in others. Art historical research and collaboration
with curators, conservators and conservation scientist from various
institutions helped Kate and Clare to interpret their findings and
make suggestions about the speculative nature of some of the
commissions.

Clare trained at the Courtauld and undertook an internship at the
National Gallery specializing in imaging techniques. She has worked
as a practicing conservator in the private sector, at the V&A and
for the National Trust. Clare has taught on the conservation course
at the Courtauld and currently teaches technical art history to Art
Historians at the Institute.

Kate studied painting conservation at the Courtauld and the Hamilton
Kerr Institute. She has worked both as a practical conservator in
private studios and Museums (Courtauld, Tate, V&A) and undertaken
research into artists' materials and techniques through catalogue
projects and research fellowships. She currently works in the
Scientific Department of the National Gallery.

Kate and Clare have a particular interest in the technical
examination of paintings and set up their business, Tager Stonor
Richardson, in 2002 providing a mobile infrared reflectography
service.


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