In Situ Study of the Painting “Hiroshima I” (1958) by Werner Tübke (1929–2004)

This article presents the results of technical studies of the oil painting by the artist of German origin Werner Tübke “Hiroshima I” (1958). The creative heritage of this author has not been studied enough and represents scattered data on the technology of painting and artistic techniques. The aim o...

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Published in:Heritage 2023-06, Vol.6 (6), p.4802-4816
Main Authors: Smolianskaia, Aleksandra A., Andreev, Ivan I., Sirro, Sergey V., Aseev, Vladimir A., Tereschenko, Elena Y., Smolyanskaya, Olga A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artists
Commissioned works
FT-IR
GDR art
hidden image
Hiroshima
Iconography
Laboratories
Microscopy
Modernism
Museums
Panoramas
Traditions
Werner Tübke
Working class
XRF
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Summary:This article presents the results of technical studies of the oil painting by the artist of German origin Werner Tübke “Hiroshima I” (1958). The creative heritage of this author has not been studied enough and represents scattered data on the technology of painting and artistic techniques. The aim of this work was to determine the art materials and painting technology described in his diaries, using the example of his only painting represented in Russia: “Hiroshima I”. For this purpose, an in situ approach was implemented using some simple museum instrumentations—UV-induced visible luminescence, infrared reflectography (IRR), radiography, portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and polarizing microscopy using microprobes. As a result, the pigment composition of the painting layers could be determined, the painting technology refined, and a previously unknown hidden portrait of Werner Tübke’s father revealed.
ISSN:2571-9408
2571-9408
DOI:10.3390/heritage6060255