[en] The material study of La Famille Soler through non-invasive imaging, molecular, structural and elemental techniques, permitted a relevant re-examination of this singular blue period painting, which is considered as the earliest Picasso’s version of Le déjeuner sur l’herbe by E. Manet. On the one hand, it was concluded that the underlying landscape painted by Vidal in 1903 referred to Manet’s masterpiece. On the other hand, it was assumed that the cubist sketch undertaken by Picasso in 1912, prior to the current blue background, consists of an uncompleted transformation of Vidal’s landscape into synthetic cubism. Additionally, the main pigments associated to the underlying compositions were successfully identified.
Research center :
CEA - Centre Européen en Archéométrie - ULiège AAP - Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine - ULiège
Disciplines :
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Defeyt, Catherine ; Université de Liège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Walter, Philippe; LAMS
Rousselière, Hélène; LAMS
Vandenabeele, Peter; Universiteit Gent - Ugent
Vekemans, Bart; Universiteit Gent - Ugent
Samain, Louise ; Université de Liège > Centre européen en archéométrie
Strivay, David ; Université de Liège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Language :
English
Title :
New insights on the Picasso’s Blue Period painting La famille Soler through non-invasive imaging and analytical techniques
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Studies in Conservation
ISSN :
0039-3630
Publisher :
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
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