Analytical pigment studies as a part of technical art history
Main funder
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 24 000,00
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/08/2017
Project end date: 31/07/2018
Summary
This research concentrates on Finland’s tangible cultural heritage, more precisely, on the investigation of the materials used to create it. During the dissertation process I will make an analytical investigation of pigments used in the work of the most well-known Finnish artists of the 19th century.
In January 2017, I received a one-year research grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation to make an analytical investigation of pigments used in the work of the most well-known Finnish artists of the 19th century. My aim for the first working year is to concentrate on the pigment palette of Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931). All material analyses will be conducted in co-operation with and under the supervision of the Finnish National Gallery’s Senior Conservation Scientist Seppo Hornytzkyj. The material for this research consists of artworks by Gallen-Kallela that are in the possession of the Finnish National Gallery and also the Gallen-Kallela Museum in Tarvaspää, Espoo. I will also analyse pigments and other artists’ materials that belonged to the Gallen-Kallela family and which are now in the collection of the Gallen-Kallela Museum.
As a help of now applied three-year research grant will the pigment palettes of von Wright brothers, Werner Holmerg and Hjalmar Munsterhjelm be revealed. Also the characteristic features of each pigment will be under examination as a part of this research.
In January 2017, I received a one-year research grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation to make an analytical investigation of pigments used in the work of the most well-known Finnish artists of the 19th century. My aim for the first working year is to concentrate on the pigment palette of Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931). All material analyses will be conducted in co-operation with and under the supervision of the Finnish National Gallery’s Senior Conservation Scientist Seppo Hornytzkyj. The material for this research consists of artworks by Gallen-Kallela that are in the possession of the Finnish National Gallery and also the Gallen-Kallela Museum in Tarvaspää, Espoo. I will also analyse pigments and other artists’ materials that belonged to the Gallen-Kallela family and which are now in the collection of the Gallen-Kallela Museum.
As a help of now applied three-year research grant will the pigment palettes of von Wright brothers, Werner Holmerg and Hjalmar Munsterhjelm be revealed. Also the characteristic features of each pigment will be under examination as a part of this research.
