Masterclass on modern oil paints

Masterclass

"Issues of Modern Oil Paints: Use and Conservation"
Glasgow University
26-27 March 2015.
10 am-5 pm [26 March]
10 am-4 pm [27 March]

Registration:

    <URL:http://www.eventbrite.com/e/master-class-issues-of-modern-oil-paints-use-and-conservation-tickets-15780544032>

Students: UKP30 (including coffee/tea), Full fee: UKP75

Two days of talks in a small workshop sized group aimed at
conservators working in the field, painting conservation students
and technical art history students and curators.  For professional
conservators this workshop could be taken as CPD module.

Speakers/tutors

    Professor Aviva Burnstock
    Head of the Department of Conservation and Technology, Courtauld
    Institute of Art

    Dr Klaas Jan van den Berg
    Senior Conservation Scientist, Cultural Heritage Agency of the
    Netherlands

    Dr Erma Hermens
    Senior Lecturer in Technical Art History, School for Culture and
    Creative Arts, University of Glasgow

    Dr Mark Richter
    Lecturer in Technical Art History, School for Culture and
    Creative Arts, University of Glasgow

    Dr Margaret Smith
    Conservation scientist, School for Culture and Creative Arts,
    University of Glasgow

Aviva Burnstock and Klaas-Jan van den Berg, will present lectures
and seminars, drawing on their work on 20th Century oil paints and
paintings.  The lectures will introduce modern paint formulations
and technology, the chemistry of drying and ageing of oil paints,
the characterization of material deterioration in paintings and the
influence of ambient conditions on ageing processes.  Examples will
be presented on degradation phenomena that influence the appearance
of the paintings as well as the physical properties of the
paintings.  Issues for the conservation of modern oil paintings will
be discussed, using case studies, addressing ethical questions and
practical solutions.

Erma Hermens will speak about the impact of modern oil paints, the
manipulation by artists, the issues of authenticity that come to the
fore because of the changes in appearance caused by deterioration
and the artists' opinions on this.

Mark Richter will lecture on the introduction of new organic
synthetic colourants in modern painting from 1900s onwards, their
use and degradation and the research so far performed on works by
a.o. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and other abstract expressionists.

Margaret Smith will discuss the use of modern oil paints in other
objects than paintings, namely banners where a wide range of
problems is caused by incompatibility of and chemical impact on the
textile supports (mainly silk) and modern oil paints, issues many
painting conservators are also confronted within
museums/institutions with varied collections.

Lecture titles:

    Introduction to 20th century oil painting practice, the artist's
    choice, and the impact of degradation (EH)

    Introduction to modern oil paints I. History of 20th Century
    Paint technology (KJvdB)

    Introduction to modern oil paints II. 20th Century oil Paint
    chemistry (KJvdB)

    Introduction to modern synthetic organic colourants present
    state of research and their impact on painting practice in the
    20th century (MR)

    Deterioration of modern oil paints: Efflorescence and salts.
    Case studies I (AB)

    Deterioration of modern oil paints: metal soap formation and
    crusts on paintings; aspects of their removal.  Case studies II
    (AB)

    Water sensitivity of modern oil paints:  sulphate hydrate
    formation.  Case studies III (AB)

    Water sensitivity, dripping paint and the condition of the
    organic medium (KJvdB)

    Deterioration of modern oil paints in painted textiles: banners
    as case studies (MS).

Please register via Eventbrite.

For enquiries contact erma.hermens<-at->glasgow<.>ac<.>uk

Erma Hermens
History of Art
School of Culture and Creative Arts
University of Glasgow
8 University Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QH UK


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