Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865)
Faced with the works of Antoine Wiertz, a question arises: Is the washed-out and mat appearance of some of his paintings an artistic intent, or a consequence of alteration. Painted with a technique developed by the artist to achieve a matt appearance, these works are in fact subject to a slow degrad...
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| description | Faced with the works of Antoine Wiertz, a question arises: Is the washed-out and mat appearance of some of his paintings an artistic intent, or a consequence of alteration. Painted with a technique developed by the artist to achieve a matt appearance, these works are in fact subject to a slow degradation process. Based on the artist’s writings, his particular painting process was reproduced and analysed scientifically. This study concludes that the appearance of those artworks is not a result of the artist’s intent but caused by the combined action of various changes inherent to the painter’s technique. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-716642e703584dc69594974ea60f25fb2025-01-30T14:13:55ZengAssociation CeROArtCeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art1784-50922012-06-01210.4000/ceroart.2659Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865)Karine JanssenFaced with the works of Antoine Wiertz, a question arises: Is the washed-out and mat appearance of some of his paintings an artistic intent, or a consequence of alteration. Painted with a technique developed by the artist to achieve a matt appearance, these works are in fact subject to a slow degradation process. Based on the artist’s writings, his particular painting process was reproduced and analysed scientifically. This study concludes that the appearance of those artworks is not a result of the artist’s intent but caused by the combined action of various changes inherent to the painter’s technique.https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/2659paintingpigmenttechnicalterationWiertzreconstruction |
| spellingShingle | Karine Janssen Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865) CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art painting pigment technic alteration Wiertz reconstruction |
| title | Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865) |
| title_full | Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865) |
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| title_short | Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865) |
| title_sort | les peintures mates d antoine wiertz 1806 1865 |
| topic | painting pigment technic alteration Wiertz reconstruction |
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