Schedule
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
9am PT / 6pm CET
Opening remarks by organizers Edina Adam, Leila Sauvage, and Michelle Sullivan
9:10–10am PT / 6:10–7pm CET
Artistic and Non-artistic Use of Blue Paper
“Blue Paper in 18th-Century French paintings”
Lorenzo Giammattei and Selene Secondo, La Sapienza Università di Roma
“Seeds of Blue: Archival Evidence of the Use of Blue Paper as Seed Packets”
Maria Zytaruk, University of Calgary
Break (15 minutes)
10:15–11:05am PT / 7:15–8:05pm CET
Raw Materials, Trade, Economics
“Blue Paper: Its Life, Origin, History and Artistic Exploration”
Judith Noorman, University of Amsterdam
“Paper, Pastels, and Patriotism: Artistic Innovation and the American Revolution”
Megan Baker, University of Delaware
Break (15 minutes)
11:20am–12:30pm PT / 8:20–9:30pm CET
Works in Progress: Study, Examination, Collection Surveys on Blue Paper
“Surveying The Morgan’s Blue Paper Collection”
Elizabeth Gralton, Reba Fishman Snyder, and Rebecca Pollak, The Morgan Library & Museum
“The Blue Paper Project at the Art Gallery of Ontario: Developing an Architecture for Close Looking of Drawing Supports”
Maia C. Donnelly, Joan Weir, and Tessa Thomas, Art Gallery of Ontario
“The Blue Papers of Allan Ramsay at the National Galleries Scotland”
Charlotte Park, Clara de la Pena McTigue, and Charlotte Topsfield, National Gallery of Scotland
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
9–10:15am PT / 6–7:15pm CET
Technical Case Studies
“On Blue - the Portrait Drawings of Ottavio Leoni”
Georg Josef Dietz, Stefan Röhrs, Carlos Morales-Merino, Dagmar Korbacher, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
“Out of the blue? Tracing object biography, early conservation treatment and the original appearance of drawings on blue paper from Giovanni Bonatti at the Kunstmuseum Basel”
Annegret Seger, Rebecca Honold, and Max Ehrengruber, Kunstmuseum Basel
“Blue Paper in Late 19th-Century Paris: Mary Cassatt Pastel Supports”
Tom Primeau and Kate Duffy, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Break (15 minutes)
10:30–11:40am PT / 7:30–8:40pm CET
Printing on Blue Paper
“From Venice to Volhynia: Three Centuries of Hebrew Printing on Blue Paper in Southern, Western, Central and Eastern Europe”
Brad Sabin Hill, George Washington University (retired)
“Blueprint(s)”
Armin Kunz, C.B. Boerner Gallery
“Etched in Blue: A Unique Set of Prints by the Abbé de Saint-Non"
Rachel Hapoienu, The Courtauld Gallery
Break (15 minutes)
11:55am–12:30pm PT / 8:55–9:30pm CET
Roundtable
Moderated by Ketty Gottardo, The Courtauld Gallery
Program participants reflect on new insights, questions raised, and future avenues of research.
