Paintings made in the 19th century are an extremely diverse group, and have frequently been found to present particular challenges to the conservator. These papers (which were presented at the British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers’ conference A Changing Art: Nineteenth-Century Painting Practice and Conservation) explore the reasons for the complexity and the changes that took places in the materiality of painting in the period. Both nineteenth-century conservation concerns and present day conservation treatments of nineteenth-century paintings are examined; technical examination, documentary sources and accurate reconstructions all contribute here to a greater understanding of the practices and materials employed by nineteenth-century painters.
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Keynote Address: Alteration, restoration and why pictures foam: what conservators can learn from Victorian artists' colourmen
Sally Woodcock
Nineteenth Century Restoration in Public Galleries in Britain in the National Portrait Gallery
Jacob Simon
Nineteenth-Century Oil Painting Materials and Techniques Research: A Review of Key Findings from Documentary Sources, Results from Reconstructions with Historically Appropriate Materials and Suggestions for Future Research
Leslie Carlyle
Delacroix: Mid-Century Modern Master
Adele Wright
The Retouching Practices of John Linnell and the Challenges Posed to Conservators: A Case Study of Hanson Toot, View in Dovedale
Roxane Sperber
"Oily Drops on the Window Pane"
Rosalind Whitehouse
Giovanni Boldini: Technique and Conservation. A Systematic Scientific Study of Forty Paintings and Eight Watercolours
Fabio Frezzato, Gianluca Poldi, Enzo Savoia, Arianna Splendore
The Barbizon Paintings at the National Gallery, London: A Technical Survey
Gabriella Macaro
Ernst Victor Hareux and the Barbizon Artists
Hayley Tomlinson, Sarah Herring, Gabriella Macaro
The Conservation and Research of Two Paintings by Alfred East RA
Michaela Straub
'These pitchy pigments from their very nature never harden': Nineteenth-Century Perspective on Premature Cracking in Oil Paintings
Nicola Costaras
George Hendrik Breitner at Work: A Joint Perspective on Nineteenth-Century Artistic Practice
Nienke Woltman, Suzanne Veldink
The Cleaning of a Solvent Sensitive Painting by Jacob Maris
Lidwien Speleers
Observations on Rudolf Swoboda's Painting Technique
Nele Bordt, Katy Saunders-Blessley
