Issues in contemporary oil paint

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Twentieth Century Oil Paint. The Interface Between Science and Conservation and the Challenges for Modern Oil Paint Research....Pages 1-19
Do We See What We Know or Do We Know What We See? Conservation of Oil Paintings in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam....Pages 21-32
Towards Interpretation of Making, Meaning, and Change in British Twentieth Century Oil Paintings: The Relevance of an Artist’s Paint Archive....Pages 33-43
The Delight of Modern Organic Pigment Creations....Pages 45-73
Modern Oil Paints – Formulations, Organic Additives and Degradation: Some Case Studies....Pages 75-104
Distinction by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrical Analysis of Copper Phthalocyanine Blue Polymorphs in Oil-Based and Acrylic Paint Samples....Pages 105-116
Charting the Development of Oil-Based Enamel Paints Through the Correlation of Historical Paint Technology Manuals with Scientific Analysis....Pages 117-125
Hans Hofmann’s Last Lesson: A Study of the Artist’s Materials in the Last Decade of His Career....Pages 127-148
 Théorème de Gödel by Georges Mathieu, 1957. Study and Restoration: Consolidation Through Cohesive Regeneration Using a Solvent....Pages 149-157
Non-traditionally Painted Oil Painting: How to Treat It Properly? Josip Vaništa’s Cakes (1955)....Pages 159-166
Conservation Issues in Several Twentieth-Century Canadian Oil Paintings: The Role of Zinc Carboxylate Reaction Products....Pages 167-184
 Zwei Jünglinge und Zwei Mädchen , A Tempera Painting by Otto Mueller Circa 1917. Paint Analysis and Reconstruction ....Pages 185-195
Metal Soaps and Visual Changes in a Painting by René Magritte – The Menaced Assassin , 1927....Pages 197-203
 Fleurs Grises – A Delicate Surface. Difficult to Clean – Essential to Protect....Pages 205-212
Derivatisation Technique for Infrared Spectroscopy – Characterisation of Oxidative Ageing Products in Modern Oil Paint....Pages 213-225
Investigating Fluidizing Dripping Pink Commercial Paint on Van Hemert’s Seven -Series Works from 1990–1995....Pages 227-246
Hard Dry Paint, Softening Tacky Paint, and Exuding Drips on Composition (1952) by Jean-Paul Riopelle....Pages 247-262
Zinc White and the Influence of Paint Composition for Stability in Oil Based Media....Pages 263-281
Its Surreal: Zinc-Oxide Degradation and Misperceptions in Salvador Dalí’s Couple with Clouds in Their Heads , 1936....Pages 283-294
Water Sensitive Oil Paints in the Twentieth Century: A Study of the Distribution of Water-Soluble Degradation Products in Modern Oil Paint Films....Pages 295-310
An Investigation into the Viability of Removal of Lead Soap Efflorescence from Contemporary Oil Paintings....Pages 311-332
Set Back the Race: Treatment Strategies for Running Oil Paint....Pages 333-349
Sensitivity of Modern Oil Paints to Solvents. Effects on Synthetic Organic Pigments....Pages 351-362
Dry Cleaning: Research and Practice....Pages 363-372
New Approaches to Surface Cleaning of Unvarnished Contemporary Oil Paintings – Moist Sponges and Cloths....Pages 373-388
Agar – A New Tool for the Surface Cleaning of Water Sensitive Oil Paint?....Pages 389-406
Investigation into the Surface Conductivity of Water-Sensitive Modern Oil Paints....Pages 407-417
Back Matter....Pages 419-430