Colloque : « Symposium Paul Coremans. Un ‘Monuments Man’ belge et son impact sur la protection du patrimoine culturel mondial » (Bruxelles, 15-17 juin 2015)

L’Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique (IRPA) organise un symposium international en l’honneur de son fondateur et premier directeur, Paul Coremans (1908-1965). Le cinquantième anniversaire de son décès est l’occasion unique de jeter un regard rétrospectif sur son étonnante carrière. L’impact de sa vision novatrice et de ses idées en matière de conservation et de restauration des œuvres d’art a eu une importance fondamentale, tant en Belgique qu’à l’étranger. Ses prises de position, sa pensée et son action sur le terrain seront au cœur de cette rencontre internationale

Programme :

15 June 2015, MONDAY EVENING

15:00 – 17:00 Guided visit to the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (optional)

17:00 – 18:00 Registration in the KIK-IRPA and coffee time

18:00 – 18:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE

Hendrik Deelstra and Duncan Thorburn Burns, Paul Coremans (1908-1965): a pioneer chemist in the application of scientific techniques to the visual arts

18:30 – 19:00 Personal statements by former colleagues and relatives of Paul Coremans

19:00 RECEPTION

16 June 2015, TUESDAY

9:00 – 9:30 Registration in the Royal Library of Belgium

9:30 – 9:40 Welcome by Christina Ceulemans

9:40 – 9:50 Liliane Masschelein-Kleiner, Personal memories

9:50 – 10:35 KEYNOTE LECTURE

Geert Vanpaemel, Early museum laboratories and the pursuit of objectivity

10:35 – 10:55 Arie Wallert and Michel van de Laar, The first ‘Research Project’ (Coremans and the case van Meegeren)

10:55 – 11:15 Friso Lammertse and Arjan de Koomen, The crusade against Coremans of D.G. van Beuningen

11:15 – 11:25 Questions

Coffee break 11:25 – 11:55

11:55 – 12:15 Hélène Dubois and Dominique Deneffe, Construction of a vision: Coremans’s approach to the study of Flemish Primitives before the Mystic Lamb

12:15 – 12:45 Marie-Christine Claes, Hélène Dubois and Jana Sanyova, Le quotidien d’un idéal : L’Agneau mystique catalyseur de l’interdisciplinarité

12:45 – 12:55 Questions

Lunch break 12:55 – 14:10

14:10 – 14:30 Christina Kott, Paul Coremans et l’inventaire photographique du patrimoine artistique belge, 1940-1944

14:30 – 14:50 Dahlia Mees and Marjolijn Debulpaep, Paul Coremans, pioneer in preventive conservation

14:50 – 15:10 Mark Van Strydonck, 50 jaar 14C dateringen aan het KIK

15:10 – 15:20 Questions

Coffee break 15:20 – 15:50

15:50 – 16:10 Jens van de Maele, The KIK-IRPA building (1955-1962). A remarkable example of state-sponsored architecture in 1950s Belgium

16:10 – 16:30 Gertjan Madalijns, The KIK-IRPA building (working title)

16:30 – 16:40 Questions

16:40 – 17:25 KEYNOTE LECTURE

Jenny Graham, Paul Coremans as Monuments Man: The cultural patrimony of the Ghent Altarpiece in the twentieth century

17:25 – 17:35 Questions

19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER (by prior inscription)

17 June 2015, WEDNESDAY

9:20 – 9:40 Ilona Hans-Collas, Paul Coremans et ses actions en faveur de la sauvegarde des peintures murales

9:40 – 10:10 Elsje Janssen and Karen Bonne, Museum policy concerning the conservation and restoration of art works and the Rubens and Ensor Research Projects at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA): how Paul Coremans’ ideas still live on

10:10 – 10:30 Erling S. Skaug, Technical art history as an offspring of conservation

10:30 – 10:40 Questions

Coffee break 10:40 – 11:10

11:10 – 11:30 Francesca G. Bewer, Weaving transatlantic bonds: Coremans and the Fogg Museum’s Conservation Department (working title)

11:30 – 11:50 Yao-Fen You, Paul Coremans, Edgar Richardson and the 1960 Flemish Show

11:50 – 12:10 Jean D. Portell, Paul Coremans and Sheldon & Caroline Keck, a collegial Friendship that influenced the development of conservation education in North America

12:10 – 12:20 Questions

Lunch break 12:20 – 13:40

13:40 – 14:00 Camille Bourdiel, Le rôle de Paul Coremans dans la restructuration du Laboratoire du musée du Louvre dans l’après-guerre

14:00 – 14:20 Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Arthur van Schendel (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; 1910-1979) : companion in the world of museums and conservation

14:20 – 14:40 Rick Hartmann, The Amsterdam X-rays for Coremans and Van Schendel

14:40 – 14:50 Questions

Coffee break 14:50 – 15:20

15:20 – 15:40 Diogo de Souza Brito, Paul Coremans, un expert de l’Unesco au Brésil: sa mission, son rapport, son legs

15:40 – 16:00 Nicole Gesché-Koning, Borobudur: the alchemy of a World Heritage Site. The expert and the student: shared Views

16:00 – 16:10 Questions

16:10 – 16:40 KEYNOTE LECTURE

Stefano De Caro, Coremans and the ICCROM (working title)

16:40 – 16:50 Closing remarks

S’inscrire.