Our Scientists in the News

Radio Interviews, Lectures

St. Olaf’s University

Munch’s Materials: How Science Informs Art History

Barnes Foundation

Barnes Foundation lecture – Le Bonheur de Vivre: the Ephemeral Materials of an Arcadian Vision (Matisse Symposium)

BBC

Where Art Meets Science

NPR

X-Ray Technology Rediscovers Lost Paintings

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces

 


Selected News Articles (chronological order)

Apollo Magazine (February 2019)

Paintings suffer from breakouts, too – but what is ‘art acne’?

Antiques and the Arts (May 2018)

Q&A: Jennifer L. Mass

Apollo Magazine (June 2018)

How the Scientific Study of Paintings Has Become Accessible to Everyone

Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association (December 2015)

Rethinking Art Authentication

Maine Antique Digest (August 2015)

Winterthur Scientist Helps Team Discovering Why Matisse’s Brilliant Yellow is Fading

The Telegraph (July 2015)

Matisse and Van Gogh paintings’ bright yellows are turning slowly beige

Artnet News (July 2015)

Scientists Confirm Colors Used in Matisse and Van Gogh Paintings Are Fading

Daily Mail (July 2015)

Fading Beauty of Matisse and van Gogh’s Masterpieces: Chemical Reaction is Turning Famous Paintings Brown

Live Science (July 2015)

Why Matisse’s Vibrant Painting of Nudes is Fading

The Wall Street Journal (November 2014)

Notable and Quotable: a type of yellow paint is causing masterpieces to disappear

Inside Science (November 2014)

Science And Art Meet, Unveiling Mystery And Cultural Tragedy

The Japan Times (September 2014)

Science Comes to the Rescue of Fading Art

Antiques and the Arts Weekly (September 2014)

Rufus Porter Reconsidered

InCollect (August 2014)

Faux Fraktur

www.theartblog.org (August 2014)

Studying Matisse at the Barnes Foundation

Cornell Chronicle (June 2014)

Hidden Picasso Painting Revealed with Cornell Help

USA Today (June 2014)

Winterthur Conservator Helped Find Hidden Picasso Image

Smithsonian American Art Museum lecture (April 2014)

The Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) lecture (October 2013)

Don’t Fade Away: Saving the Vivid Yellows of Matisse and Van Gogh

National Geographic (September 2013)

Technology Sheds Light on 6 Great Art Mysteries

The Hunt Magazine (January 2013)

Artful Dodgers

The New York Times (March 2012)

A Genuine Motherwell? Make Sure Before Buying

Antiques and Fine Art News / InCollect (September 2011)

Weathervane Finish Analysis

Antiques and the Arts Weekly (June 2011)

Unmasking Forgeries and Fraud Winterthur Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory

The Barnes Foundation Website and Philadelphia Inquirer (March 2011)

Brighter New Life Eyed for Fading Barnes Foundation Matisse

Washington Post (September 2009)

Technology Reveals Details of Another Painting Beneath an N.C. Wyeth Work

NPR’s Science Friday (August 2009)

X-Ray Technology Rediscovers Lost Paintings

The Telegraph (August 2009)

Thousands of Hidden Artworks Could Be Uncovered by New X-ray Technique

Fox News (August 2009)

X-rays Expose N.C. Wyeth Painting Hidden Under Another

Antiques and Fine Art Magazine Winterthur Primer (2007)

Invisible to the Eye: The Scientific Analysis of Decorative and Fine Art

 


Examples of Publicly Disclosed Projects

Pigment Degradation Mechanisms of Henri Matisse’s Le Bonheur de vivre (1905-6), The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Pennsylvania)

Pigment Degradation Mechanisms of Edvard Munch’s The Scream (1910), The Munch Museet, Oslo, Norway

Imaging of a Buried Portrait beneath Pablo Picasso’s The Blue Room (1901), The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

Identification of Authentic and Faked Weathervane Surfaces (Olde Hope Antiques, Sotheby’s New York, Allan Katz Americana, Arthur Liverant Antiques, David Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles American Antiques, Julie Lindberg Antiques, Keno Auctions, Betty Marcus Collection, Jeffrey Tillou Antiques)

Discovery of a Buried Painting beneath N. C. Wyeth’s Family Portrait (c. 1927), The Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

Identification of 19th and 20th century Copies of Rare 18th century Meissen Porcelain (Christie’s New York, Michele Beiny Inc., The Frick Collection, The Henry Arnhold Collection, The Cummer Museum of Art)

Attribution of Period English, Colonial American, and Continental Silver (Christie’s New York, S. J. Shrubsole, Sotheby’s New York, The Rijksmuseum, Wadsworth Atheneum, Peter Finer Antique Arms and Armour, Kelly Kinzle Antiques, The Brass and Silver Workshop, Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts, Jonathan Trace, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston)

Identifying Finishing Technologies and Marriages in 18th and 19th century American Furniture (Olde Hope Antiques, Sotheby’s New York, Alan Andersen Ltd., numerous private collections)

Identifying a Unique Collaboration between David Teniers the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Younger, The Armorer’s Shop (ca. 1640-1645) The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

Historic Alloy Compositions and Failures, Including The Liberty Bell, (Independence National Historic Park, Arlington National Cemetery, Christ Church Philadelphia, Christopher Rebollo Antiques, Pook and Pook Auctions)

Identification of Historic Technologies, Repairs and Restorations –  Contemporary Art to Antiquities (The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, Midwest Art Conservation Center, The Dallas Museum of Art, Kuniej Berry Associates, Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio Inc., Princeton University Art Museum, St Louis Art Museum)

Identification of 19th century Fraktur Forgeries, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware