Tag Archive for Technical Art History

Funding: Caroline Villers Research Fellowship Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

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Caroline Villers Research Fellowship Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London The Courtauld together with the Trustees of the Caroline Villers Research Fellowship, has established a Research Fellowship in memory of Caroline Villers. The purpose of the Fellowship is to promote research in the interdisciplinary field of Technical Art History: the application of technical, scientific and/or historical methods, together with close observation, to the study of the physical nature of the work of art in relation to issues of making, change, conservation and/or display. Research proposals for the Fellowship will…

Lecture: Michael Varcoe-Cocks ‘The Science of Landscape: Technical Research into the Paintings of Eugene von Guerard’

Eugene von Guerard, 'Mount Langi from Pleasant Creek', 1871. Oil on canvas, 34 x 51.8. P NGV (acc no. 1302-6)urchased 1963.

Friends of the Gallery Library Lecture Michael Varcoe-Cocks (Conservator of Paintings 1850 - 1950) The Science of Landscape: Technical Research into the Paintings of Eugene von Guérard Eugene von Guérard was Australia’s most sophisticated colonial landscape painter. His intricate depictions (that varied from remote wilderness to the grazing pastures of the western district Victoria), portrayed the specificity of Australia’s geology and fauna through a considered observation of nature that was informed by scientific principles. In April 2011 the NGV will hold the first exhibition to celebrate this artist’s work in…

David Maskill – Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries

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Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries London, The National Gallery, 30 June – 12 September Reviewed by David Maskill This exhibition, currently showing at London’s National Gallery, is one of the highlights of the summer season. As art institutions struggle with the effects of the recession, blockbusters that rely on extensive and costly loans and on the attendant crowds to pay for them have been in decline in recent times. If this exhibition is anything to go by, this may not be such a bad thing. Drawn mostly from the…

Caroline Villers Research Fellowship: Courtauld Institute of Art

Caroline Villers Research Fellowship Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London - The Courtauld Institute of Art Closing date: 12pm, Monday, 31 May 2020 The Courtauld together with the Trustees of the Caroline Villers Research Fellowship, has established a Research Fellowship in memory of Caroline Villers. The purpose of the Fellowship is to promote research in the interdisciplinary field of Technical Art History: the application of technical, scientific and/or historical methods, together with close observation, to the study of the physical nature of the work of art in relation to…