the artist Ellen Thesleff looking at the moon, the whitest poskin museum visitors to Ateneum. His works self-Portrait is exhibited at the newly-opened exhibition the Art Ruovesi. It was opened at the same time on the same floor Helene Schjerbeckin the exhibition with.
Thesleff draw a picture in pencil on paper. He improved his work many times in the years 1894-1895. Portrait become beautiful and appealing, but it has since received a death sentence. The rust colored foxing-the phenomenon (you move to another service)eat it slowly and before long, the piece faded to nothing.
– thesleff’s self-portrait is on display now, but after this not a long time, and we can’t borrow it anymore Ateneum outside, tell the Ateneum research specialist Anu Utriainen .
Ellen Thesleff draw a portrait of his pencil several times in the 1894-95 period. Now the small iron particles that will corrode it slowly.Hannu Aaltonen / the national gallery
Utriainen, according to the book you want to preserve as long as possible. Therefore, it will remain stored in the dark, ideal temperature and humidity.
Gallen-Kallela painted the fresco sketches on paper
thesleff’s self-Portrait with in the same exhibition room, which the walls are Akseli Gallen-Kallela paintings and sketches.
the Present is, inter alia, wound fever-the works, which the artist himself liked so well as. Gallen-Kallela sold the work to a foreign buyer 124 years ago. (you move to another service) It was traced for a long time and now painting has been on loan to Ateneum art museum for the exhibition.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela wound fever had been lost to the finns for a long time. Now the work is exhibited Artists Ruovesi exhibition at Ateneum.Alamy Stock Photo
the wound fever-the work next to stands tall drafts Gallen-kallela’s Kalevala-the fresco in. In ruovesi Kalelassa born drafts is painted on a piece of paper and attached to the canvas. Fesko was seen at the Paris world exhibition in Finland palviljongin the ceiling of the dome in the year 1900. Later Gallen-Kallela painted frescoes of the national museum of the ceiling.
Now the drafts are in bad shape.
– the Paintings are badly faded and the paper are oxidized. Paper works is ylipäänsään can keep up for more than three months at a time, because the light adversely affect the paper, Utriainen says.
Utriainen, according to Gallen-kallela’s fresco sketches have been used to for too long on display. Therefore, they have reached a poor state.
the Bright light destroys the works of the
Helene Schjerfbeck -the exhibition in the artist’s self-portraits records the hall is obscure. One self-portrait, it’s the last one, is drawn with charcoal on paper. This book does not stand bright light.
the Fragile paper works can be protected somewhat by illuminating the exhibition halls of the dimly. For this reason, the audience may feel that lighting is inadequate. Paper to make a work of art lasts a maximum of 50 lux of light mentioned three months at a time. In addition, they are always on top of the glass, which filters UV radiation. The paintings put up the lux up to 200, but the average luxien number in the exhibition for the paintings is 120.
the Ateneum art museum has three other museum with a part of the national gallery. The national gallery is stored in the range of approximately 40 000 books, of which about half is paper-made.
simberg’s Frost had wanted to work abroad, but it does not dare to borrow
senior researcher Anu Utriainen hope that people would go to watch the Artists Ruovesi -the exhibition also Hugo simberg’s guassia due. The artist himself sold 50 watercolor and gouache paintings a whole Ateneumille in 1913. Now all of them are featured in the exhibition.
One of the guassilla is simberg’s best-known works include the Frost. It is painted on paper, which in turn is hooped to the other, dark part of brown paper. Dark paper to form work frames.
Hugo simberg’s Frost is a watercolor and gouache painting, which is painted on paper.Yehia Eweis / the national gallery
Frost is one of ateneum’s collection of fragile paper works.
Frost often asked to borrow abroad exhibition in. Almost always we answer, that the loan of the use. The book is in danger of being destroyed.
the fragility of works of art handling and conservation requires highly specialised knowledge and money. Money for restoration of the processes needed to add, but at least the Ateneum koservointiosasto is convincing.
It’s like a hospital. Works of art can be dealt with and explored in many ways, x-rays and analyze their materials used.
– If the works of the law aavassa in the museum is the appropriate didn and muse pivotal circumstances, the borrowing threshold can be lowered. We are generally quite accurate in that, where we quote collection of our works. They are a national asset, Utriainen says.
in the Future we may find ways to prevent the works of art of destruction
the Drawings and even paintings of quiet destruction is not, of course, only a Finnish problem (you move to another service). All the world’s art museums are fighting mildew, oxidation, krakeloitu and a wide range of chemical reactions the works of destructive forces.
Anu Utriainen thinks that works, which is to be destroyed it is best to maintain in stock. At the risk that only a few people, maybe only conservation and the researchers get to see it.
museum you have to decide which is more important. Do work so that people at a given moment in history can view your work often and posterity do not see it ever.
– the Second option is to keep the works in storage, so at least scientists can see it in the future.
Gallen-kallela’s fresco of the draft is painted on paper and attached to it after on the canvas.Pirje Mykkänen / the national gallery
Utriainen said that various new technologies can be even reflected in the image of the book to the big screen and import it that way into the exhibition. And although conservators are currently powerless, for example, thesleff’s work on cancer foxing-the phenomenon in front of., in the future we may find ways that, too.
Utriainen compare the situation to human diseases. If we consider, say, the Gallen-Kallela painting described a wound fever, the suffering of the ruoveteläistä men. The wound in the inflammation had not at that time exist care and wound-fever may even perish.
on This day a man would not be emergency days. Maybe a work of art alike destruction found through research new cures.
you Can consider in the debate, would it be better to store fragile works in order to preserve them at least to study use. Or should the works to raise up people to be seen, what happened, what happened? The discussion is open until 12: 00.
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