Conference on technical art history

"Technical Art History Conference: A New Lens on 19th-Century Art"
Art Institute of Chicago
April 1-2, 2016

The Art Institute of Chicago hosts a two-part scholars' day and
public symposium addressing how new scientific tools and examination
techniques are changing the study of Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist masterworks.

All sessions will be available via live stream on the days of the
conference and will also be archived on the Art Institute of
Chicago's Youtube channel.  Links are provided at the beginning of
each session.

Session 1
Color Change in 19th Century Art
April 1, 2016
9:45 am - 11:45 pm

<URL:https://youtu.be/XRa6bGTBuzc>

This colloquium is designed for conservators, scientists, and
scholars interested in technical and scientific approaches to the
study of 19th-century art.  The papers will address color change,
pigment instability, and recolorization--as well as recent research
on the materials and techniques of Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist artworks.

    9:45 - 10am         Welcome, opening remarks

    10:00  -  10:25     Ann Hoenigswald
                        National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

                        "Does Color Change Alter Meaning in the
                        Paintings of Vincent van Gogh?"

    10:25 - 10:50       Roy Berns
                        Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester
                        NY

                        "Color Visualization of Unfading Lake
                        Pigments in The Bedroom Using Color-Managed
                        Imaging, Four-Light Imaging, and Direct
                        Visible Spectrophotometry"

    10:50 - 11:15       John Delaney
                        National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

                        "Use of Multi-Modal Imaging Spectroscopy To
                        Gain Insight Into the Presence of Degraded
                        Pigments"

    11:15 - 11:40       Ella Hendriks
                        Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

                        "'Paintings fade like flowers': Color Change
                        in Paintings by Vincent van Gogh"

Session 2
Recent Studies on 19th-Century Paintings
April 1, 2016
2-4 pm

<URL:https://youtu.be/wKEHyZxH0pg>

    2 - 2:30pm          Travers Newton
                        Independent Scholar, Santa Barbara CA

                        "Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin: Public
                        and Private Images"

    2:30 - 3:00         Iris Schaefer
                        Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Fondation
                        Corboud, Cologne, Germany

                        "The Cologne Project on Painting Techniques
                        of Impressionism and Postimpressionism: From
                        Close Examination to Open Exhibition"

    3- 3:30             Pascal Labreuche
                        Independent Scholar, Paris, France,

                        "Identification and Tracking of Painting
                        Supports in Late 19th-C Paris: Weaving a
                        Dialogue Between Material Evidence and
                        Written Sources"

    3:30 - 4:00         Kim Muir
                        Art Institute of Chicago

                        "Technical Study of Claude Monet's
                        Paintings: Examination, Interpretation, and
                        Presentation"

Session 3
Recent Studies on 19th-Century Works on Paper
April 1, 2016
4:30 - 5:30 pm

<URL:https://youtu.be/3ydPR_TZ87I>

    4:15 - 4:45pm       Harriet Stratis
                        Art Institute of Chicago

                        "Traced, Transferred and Transformed Imagery
                        in Paul Gauguin's Graphic Works"

    4:45 - 5:15         Laura Neufeld
                        Museum of Modern Art, New York

                        "Indelible Ink: Degas's Methods and
                        Materials"

    5:15 - 5:30         Concluding Remarks and Announcements

    6:00 -7:00          Keynote Presentation
                        "A New Lens on Impressionism"
                        Kimbell Art Museum
                        April 1, 2016

<URL:https://youtu.be/x1JYZu7GcJU>

In the last forty years, partnerships between historians and
scientists--between curators and professors on the one hand and
conservators and technical experts on the other--have revolutionized
the ways in which we understand works of art.  George Shackelford
will discuss how these innovations have changed the way we
understand 19th century art, drawing on a career of close
observation.

April 2, 2016 - Live Stream
The Art Institute of Chicago

<URL:https://youtu.be/ii5nkW3cMoI>

Session 1
New Directions in 19th-Century Art
April 2, 2016
10:45 - 12:30 pm

This public symposium explores how our understanding of 19th-century
art has changed amidst 21st-century advancements.  Panelists will
address how new strategies of study, exhibition, and interpretation
have been shaped by innovations in conservation, digital technology,
and interdisciplinary research.

    10:45 - 10:55       Welcome

    10:55 - 11:05       Martha Ward
                        University of Chicago

                        Introductions and opening remarks

    11:05 - 11:20       Hollis Clayson
                        Northwestern University

                        "New Tendencies in the History of
                        19th-Century Art"

    11:20 - 11:35       Francesca Casadio
                        Art Institute of Chicago

                        "Science is an Instrument That Will Go a
                        Very Long Way in the Future"

    11:35 - 11:55       Gloria Groom
                        Art Institute of Chicago

                        "Van Gogh's Bedrooms: Visualizing
                        Conservation Science"

    11:55 - 12:10       Gregory Nosan
                        Art Institute of Chicago

                        "Online Scholarly Catalogues as a Vehicle
                        for Interdisciplinary Collaboration"

    12:10 - 12:30       Panel Discussion/Q&A
                        moderated by Martha Ward

Session 2
Case Studies in 19th-Century Art and Technical Art History
April 2, 2016
2 - 4:30 pm

<URL:https://youtu.be/ArvrWHRKlEg>

This public symposium explores how our understanding of 19th-century
art has changed amidst 21st-century advancements.  Case studies of
works by Gustave Caillebotte, Edouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh, and
Paul Gauguin will be discussed in depth.

    2:00 - 2:15         Introductions and opening remarks

    2:15 - 2:40         Kelly Keegan
                        Art Institute of Chicago
                        and
                        Pablo Garcia
                        The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

                        "Virtual Reality: Process and Perspective in
                        Gustave Caillebotte's Paris Street; Rainy
                        Day"

    2:40 - 3:05         Ann Hoenigswald
                        National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

                        "Edouard Manet's Old Musician: The
                        Development of a Masterpiece"

    3:05 - 3:30         Ella Hendriks
                        Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

                        "New Technologies and Discoveries in the
                        Study of Paintings by Van Gogh"

    3:30 - 3:55         Dario Gamboni
                        Universite de Geneve, Switzerland

                        "Reconstructing Paul Gauguin's Crucible"

    4:00 - 4:30         Panel conversation: "19th-Century Art
                        Through a New Lens"

                        moderated by George Shackelford

                        Closing remarks

Francesca Casadio, PhD
Andrew W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60603
312-857-7647


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