Painting
Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Ina Wesenberg.
The painting conservation team is responsible for the condition assessment, treatment and research of the museum's approximately 6,300 paintings, dating from the 15th century to the present day.
A large proportion of the museum's national and international loans consists of paintings. As a result, many of the museum's paintings are continuously on show in exhibitions in Norway and abroad.
The museum's paintings comprise materials such as oil, acrylic, alkyd, vinyl and tempera on canvas, cardboard and panel. An important part of the painting collection consists of 57 works by Edvard Munch (1863–1944), including the earliest versions of historically important motifs, such as The Scream (1893) and Madonna (1893–4).
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Forskningsprosjekter om malerikonservering
Dispersion Paints and Varnishes in Norwegian Modernist Art: Influences on Artistic Expression and Conservation Challenges
New cleaning methods for the removal of artist-applied commercial synthetic varnishes from sensitive modern paintings.
Soft and dripping paint
Examination of the condition issues in oil paintings dated between 1946 and 1972.
Casting a new light on Munch
Revisiting the surface: Edvard Munch and varnish coatings. Investigating conservation controversies and their preservation challenges for collections.
Bomb-pulse radiocarbon dating of modern paintings on canvas
Dating of 18 modern paintings from the National Museums collection
A hidden face found in Picasso’s "Poor Couple in a Café"
Using X-ray-technology, conservators at the National Museum have discovered a previously hidden face in Picasso's "Poor Couple in a Café".