The oil painting on cellulosic media in the XIXth century: study of three paintings of João Marques de Oliveira

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Ana Lopes

Abstract

The study of oil painting technique on cellulose supports is still an understudied area that hasnevertheless been achieving a crescent relevance. Being oil painting on rigid and semi-rigidsupports (cardboard) of most common practice, the interest arise mainly around the useof paper as an oil painting support, the materials used and, most of all, the characteristicsthese supports should have to be able to receive oil-based materials.This article, which comes from the author’s dissertation conducted under master’s degree inConservation of Cultural Heritage, focuses on this theme, with the main point of the specimenstudied: three oil on paper and cardboard paintings, made by Marques de Oliveira, fromthe optics of composition, execution techniques, materials used and state of conservation.

Keywords: Marques de Oliveira, 19th century, Paper, Cardboard, Techniques, Materials, Conservation, Oil painting

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