Die Technischen Mitteilungen fur Malerei available online

For six decades starting from the 1880s, Die Technischen
Mitteilungen fur Malerei covered the development of painting
materials and techniques.  The Journal therefore allows insights
into the history of the profession of conservators, restorers, art
technologists, manufacturers, artists and craftsmen in Germany.

The online version of the journal Die Technischen Mitteilungen fur
Malerei (TMM) was recently launched by Keimfarben AG and the
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE).

    <URL:http://www.technischemitteilungen.com>

All pages of TMM can now be viewed online and most pages are
word-searchable, by using I) the Index or II) the text pages which
were converted into text-searchable format using Optical Character
Recognition (OCR).  Some early complete volumes were fully
transcribed.  In addition to the volumes of TMM, which ran from 1884
to 1942, also two volumes of its successor, the Deutsche Zeitschrift
fur Maltechnik have been made available.

The present quality of some of the pages and OCR are somewhat
compromised due to the limited quality of the original microfiche
copies of pages of the journal, collected in the 1980s by RCE's
predecessor, the Central Laboratory.  We intend to form a Consortium
of Users, who will use the database as a research tool and will be
committed to seek funding for improving the database.  We will also
translate the texts in due time, in order to make these available to
researchers who are not familiar with the German language.

For information:

    Klaas Jan van den Berg
    Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
    Hobbemastraat 22
    1071 ZC Amsterdam
    The Netherlands
    k.van.den.berg<-at->cultureelerfgoed<.>nl

    Kathrin Kinseher
    kathrin.kinseher<-at->adbk<.>mhn<.>de
    Academy of Fine Arts
    Akademiestrasse 2-4
    80799 Munchen
    Germany.

    Rudiger Lugert
    Director, Keimfarben GmbH
    86420 Diedorf
    Germany.
    ruediger.lugert<-at->keimfarben<.>de


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