Painting Pairs: Art History and Technical Study is supported by the Research Forum, the Courtauld Gallery and the Department of Conservation and these presentations are open for all to attend.
This programme is a research opportunity for graduate students enrolled in the MA in the History of Art, MA in Curating the Art Museum, MA Art and Business and the PhD programme. Selected Masters and PhD students are given the opportunity to form a research partnership with future conservators in the second year of their Masters in the Conservation of Easel Paintings.
Each pairing explores the contribution technical study can make to art historical scholarship (and vice versa) through research on a painting undergoing analysis or treatment in the Department of Conservation. The paintings are drawn from private and public collections, including the Courtauld Gallery.
The programme is now in its 14th year – this year we have five pairs of graduate students. In this session, the pairs will introduce their paintings and the research questions they will be investigating in the months ahead culminating in a final presentation in June.
Organised by Maureen Cross and Pippa Balch (Senior Lecturers in the Conservation of Easel Paintings), and Dr Karen Serres (Senior Curator of Paintings), the Courtauld.
2025 - 26 Participants:
Paige Strobel and Tobi Makinde: Henry Strachey, Night Pursuing Day (Dante),1918. Private Collection.
Daniela Riveros Ramerez and Spencer Geyman: Unknown artist (Venetian), The Madonna Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalen, late 14th century. Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
Katie Hieb and Juliana Montoya: Crucifixion (Guatemalan), 19th c. Private Collection.
Finn McGrath and Esther Hughes: Antonio Zucchi, Grisaille for Robert Adams architectural scheme, 18th c. Harewood House Collection.
Sarah Knight and Lucie Slater: Paul Nash, Wood Interior, 1919. Private Collection.
