Gunnar Heydenreich

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Gunnar Heydenreich (* 1966 in Haldensleben ) is a German restorer and art historian. He teaches as professor for restoration, art technology and conservation science at the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences at the Technical University of Cologne .

Life

Heydenreich studied painting restoration at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts from 1987 to 1992 . After completing a traineeship in the Conservation Department of Tate , he became a restorer for paintings and contemporary art at the restoration center of the state capital Düsseldorf (donation from Henkel), of which he was deputy head from 1995. After completing part-time postgraduate studies from 1994 to 2002 at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD.

Heydenreich is co-founder of the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA) and worked on several international research projects that dealt with the preservation and presentation of contemporary art: Inside Installations (2004–2007), PRACTICs: Practices, Research, Access, Collaboration, Teaching in Conservation of Contemporary Art (2009–2011), NeCCAR: Network for Conservation of Contemporary Art Research (2012–2015) and NACCA: New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (2015–2019).

Heydenreich heads the Cranach Digital Archive, founded in 2009 at the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf . In 2017 he curated the Lucas Cranach the Elder exhibition here together with Daniel Görres and Beat Wismer . Master - Brand - Modern .

Since 2009 he has been teaching as professor for restoration, art technology and conservation science with a focus on modern and contemporary art at the Institute for Restoration and Conservation Science (Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences - CICS) at the Technical University of Cologne.

Fonts (selection)

  • G. Heydenreich, D. Görres and B. Wismer (eds.): Lucas Cranach the Elder: Master - Brand - Modern . Catalog for the exhibition in the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-7774-2744-7 .
  • LA Matos, R. Macedo and G. Heydenreich (Eds.) Performing Documentation in the Conservation of Contemporary Art . Revista de His-tória da Arte, Lisbon 2015.
  • EA Werner, A. Eusterschulte and G. Heydenreich (eds.) Lucas Cranach the Younger and the Reformation of Images . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-7774-2368-5 .
  • JH Townsend, T. Doherty, G. Heydenreich and J. Ridge (Eds.): Preparation for Painting: The Artist's Choice and its Consequences, Contributions to the ICOM-CC Working Group Paintings interim meeting held at the British Museum . London, Archetype, 2008, ISBN 978-1-904982-32-6 .
  • Lucas Cranach the Elder: Painting materials, techniques and workshop practice . Amsterdam University Press 2007, ISBN 978-90-5356-745-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum Kunstpalast: A Switchboard for Cranach , Westdeutsche Zeitung, December 1, 2009
  2. ↑ INCCA. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Internet Memory Foundation: Inside-Installations.org. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012 ; accessed on February 12, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Person details page - TH Köln. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Neccar. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
  6. ↑ NACCA. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
  7. ^ Funded projects of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  8. ↑ Petra Schmidt-Bentum: Digitales Cranach Archive - working platform for researchers and information portal for the public , Science Information Service , December 3, 2009
  9. ^ Kolja Reichert: Lucas Cranach the Elder in the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, FAZ from April 15, 2017
  10. ↑ Person details page - TH Köln. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Heydenreich, Gunnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German restorer
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Haldensleben