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

Version 1 : Received: 10 May 2023 / Approved: 11 May 2023 / Online: 11 May 2023 (05:26:19 CEST)

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Smolianskaia, A.A.; Andreev, I.I.; Sirro, S.V.; Aseev, V.A.; Tereschenko, E.Y.; Smolyanskaya, O.A. In Situ Study of the Painting “Hiroshima I” (1958) by Werner Tübke (1929–2004). Heritage 2023, 6, 4802-4816. Smolianskaia, A.A.; Andreev, I.I.; Sirro, S.V.; Aseev, V.A.; Tereschenko, E.Y.; Smolyanskaya, O.A. In Situ Study of the Painting “Hiroshima I” (1958) by Werner Tübke (1929–2004). Heritage 2023, 6, 4802-4816.

Abstract

This article presents the results of technical and technological studies of the oil painting by the artist of German origin Werner Tübke “Hiroshima I" (1958). The creative heritage of the author has been little studied and represents scattered data on the technology of painting and artistic techniques. The aim of the work was to determine the artistic materials and painting technolo-gy described in his diaries, using the example of his only painting in Russia – “Hiroshima I". For this purpose, an integrated approach was used using non–invasive control methods - photo in the light of visible luminescence, infrared reflectography (IRR), radiography, portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), as well as infrared-Fourier spectroscopy (FT-IR) and polarizing microsco-py using microprobes. As a result, the pigment composition of the painting layers was deter-mined, the painting technology was refined, and a previously unknown hidden portrait of Werner Tübke's father was revealed.

Keywords

Werner Tübke; GDR art; Hiroshima; hidden image; FT-IR; XRF; diagnostic analysis; pigment identification

Subject

Arts and Humanities, Art

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