Symposium on Picasso

Symposium

"Early Picasso: the development of the artist through his palette"
Barcelona, Spain
Friday 27 November 2015

This symposium presents the results of the project "Early Stages of
Picasso through material characterization of different portraits".
The extensive study was possible thanks to the collaboration between
the University of Barcelona and the Museu Picasso de Barcelona, by
means of the resources of the European project CHARISMA and the
facilities of the MOLAB Transnational Access Service.  The
complementary information obtained by different non-destructive
techniques permitted a meticulous inspection of the brush strokes
and materials distribution of six portraits created by Pablo Ruiz
Picasso between 1895 and 1900.  The palette that Picasso used in his
first paintings is important to understand his evolution starting
from his first artistic steps.  In the meeting experts of the field
will share their knowledge about the materials found on other
paintings by Picasso belonging to different periods of his artistic
career.  They will focus on the key role that the technical
investigations had on the understanding of the artist.  Therefore,
the symposium will highlight possible continuities and changes of
his palette through time and unveil details of his so admired
practice.

Program

    9:00                    Handover of the documentation
                            Universitat de Barcelona
                            Edifici Historic
                            Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 585
                            08007 Barcelona, Spain

    09:15                   Welcome and Introduction to the Early
                            Picasso project and the MOLAB
                            transnational access

                                Jordi Alberch Vie
                                Vice-Chancellor for Research,
                                University of Barcelona

    Luis Bagunya Valls      Relacions institucionals of the Museu
                            Picasso, Barcelona

                                Jose F. Garcia
                                Professor at the Department of
                                Analytical Chemistry, University of
                                Barcelona

    Presentations

    9:30 - 10:15            Early Stages of Picasso through material
                            characterization of different portraits

                                Clarimma Sessa
                                Jose F. Garcia
                                Department of Analytical Chemistry,
                                University of Barcelona

    10:15 - 11:00           On Picasso's trail: a reasoned study of
                            six early portraits

                                Reyes Jimenez de Garnica
                                Department of Preventive
                                Conservation and Restoration, Museu
                                Picasso, Barcelona

    11:00 - 11:30           Coffee break

    11:30 - 12:15           Picasso 1901: Girl with a Dove

                                Aviva Burnstock
                                Department of Conservation and
                                Technology, The Courtauld Institute
                                of Art, London, UK

    12:15 - 13:00           The MOLAB transnational access
                            investigating Picasso's paintings

                                Francesca Rosi
                                CNR-ISTM Perugia Unit, Italy

    13:00 - 17:00           Break

    17:00                   Visit to the collection of the Museu
                            Picasso: a closer look at the six
                            portraits investigated during the MOLAB
                            campaign

                            Museu Picasso
                            Carrer Montcada 15-23
                            08003 Barcelona, Spain

There will be simultaneous translation into English and Catalan

Registration fee: 20 Euro

To register please fill the form available on

    <URL:http://www.ub.edu/IRUG10BCN/Picasso.html>

and send it to fjgarcia<-at->ub<.>edu

Department of Analytical Chemistry
University of Barcelona
C/ Diagonal 645
08028 Barcelona, Spain
+34 934021281
Fax: +34 934021233


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