[en] The present paper proposes an overview of the painting materials experimented with over the years by Sam Francis, leading figure of the post-World War II American painting, through the analytical study of an extended number of paint samples supplied by the Sam Francis Foundation. In total, 279 samples taken from twenty-eight artworks made between 1946 and 1992, were analyzed by Raman, FTIR and Py–GC/MS techniques. The obtained results revealed the Francis’ preference in terms of pigments, i.e., phthalocyanine blues and greens, and outlined unconventional combination of binder media.
Research Center/Unit :
CEA - Centre Européen en Archéométrie - ULiège AAP - Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine - ULiège
Disciplines :
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Defeyt, Catherine ; Université de Liège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Mazurek, Joy; Getty Conservation Institute
Zebala, Aneta
Burchett-Lere, Debra; Sam Francis Foundation
Language :
English
Title :
Insight into Sam Francis’ painting techniques through the analytical study of twenty-eight artworks made between 1946 and 1992
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Applied Physics. A, Materials Science and Processing
ISSN :
0947-8396
eISSN :
1432-0630
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V., New York, United States - New York
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