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Curriculum vitae
Cecil Krarup Andersen
Cecil Krarup Andersen is associate professor and head of the Paintings Conservation Program at the Royal Danish Academy, Architecture, Design and Conservation. She graduated from the School of Conservation, Copenhagen in 2005 and received her PhD in the structure and mechanics of lined paintings in 2013 from the Royal Danish Academy in collaboration with Centre for Art Technological Studies (CATS) and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC (MCI).
Cecil has extensive experience as a painting conservator from both private practices and museums –including the Danish National Gallery and the National Museum of Denmark. This experience provides her with a solid basis for both teaching and research into paintings and their remedial and preventive conservation.
Cecil’s research focuses on painting’s technique, mechanical properties in paints and painting material including mechanical degradation related to climate control in collection and the effect of structural conservation of canvas paintings including wax-resin and glue-paste lining. In the Horizon2020 EU project CollectionCare she worked with computer modelling and simulation of degradation scenarios for canvas paintings.
Research area
- Conservation
- Paintings conservation
- Mechanical degradation
- Tensile testing
- Materials
- Analysis and deterioration
- History and culture
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CRACK: Material Characterisation and Crack Formation in Angelada Camarasa's Paintings on Canvas
Andersen, C. K. (Project Participant)
09/11/2024 → 09/11/2027
Project: Research
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SPAM: Structure of Paintings: Artists' materials, Environment and Failure Mechanisms
Fuster-López, L. (PI), Andersen, C. K. (Project Participant) & Scharff, M. (Other)
10/10/2024 → 10/10/2028
Project: Research
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PreDICt: PreDICt -Predictive modelling and Digital Image Correlation tools
Andersen, C. K. (PI), Ryhl-Svendsen, M. (Project Participant), Lee, D.S.-H. (Project Participant) & Scharff, M. (Project Participant)
01/09/2023 → 01/09/2025
Project: Research
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Resilient Heritage Conservation
Vadstrup, S. (PI), Andersen, C. K. (PI), Scharff, M. (PI), Lee, D.S.-H. (PI), Pedersen, N. B. (PI), Ryhl-Svendsen, M. (PI) & Hjerrild Smedemark, S. (PI)
02/05/2022 → …
Project: Research
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MIMO: Metal Ion Migration on Oil paint
Andersen, C. K. (PI), Scharff, M. (PI) & Fuster-López, L. (PI)
01/09/2020 → 01/09/2023
Project: Research
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Assessing microclimate thresholds for heritage preventive conservation to achieve sustainable and energy efciency goals in a changing climate
Frasca, F., Elena, V., Bosco, E., Kuka, E., Lee, D.S.-H., Andersen, C. K., Bertolin, C. & Siani, A. M., 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 14 p., 18707.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Crack morphology and its correlation with ground materials used in paintings by Danish portrait painter Jens Juel
Slotsgaard, T. L., Pastorelli, G., Buti, D., Scharff, M. & Andersen, C. K., 12 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Cultural Heritage. 69, p. 47-56 10 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Study of the stability of the red preparatory layers in Miguel CIon migration and crack formationabrera’s Series on The Life of the Virgin: Ion migration and crack formation
Fuster-López, L., Mecklenburg, M., Scharff, M. & Andersen, C. K., 26 Jul 2024, Ayate: Cuadernos del Proyecto Cabrera II = Ayate: Notebooks of the project Cabrera II. Bruquetas, R. & Sanz, M. (eds.). Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura * Direccion General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, p. 64-85 22 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication
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An Insight into the Limits and Possibilities of the Biological, Chemical, and Mechanical Performance of GluePaste Lined Paintings
Fuster-López, L., Andersen, C. K., Bouillon, N., Frohrer, F., Rossi-Doria, M., Scharff, M., Seymour, K., Vicente-Escuder, Á., Yusà-Marco, D. J. & Vicente-Palomino, S., 2023, Conserving Canvas. The Getty Conservation Institute, p. 387-395 51Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Evaluating three water‑based systems and one organic solvent for the removal of dammar varnish from artificially aged oil paint samples
Husby, L. M., Andersen, C. K., Pedersen, N. B. & Ormsby, B., Nov 2023, In: Heritage Science. 11, 14 p., 244.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Nanomechanical Properties of Paint from Authentic Paintings
Andersen, C. K. (Lecturer), Bridarolli, A. (Other), Fujisawa, N. (Other), Præstholm, K. (Other), Scharff, M. (Other) & Lukomski, M. (Other)
13 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Kick-off meeting SPAM
Andersen, C. K. (Participant) & Scharff, M. (Participant)
10 Nov 2024 → 11 Nov 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Kick-off meeting CRACK
Andersen, C. K. (Participant) & Scharff, M. (Participant)
9 Nov 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Proteomic indentification of beer brewing products in the ground layer of Danish Golden Age paintings
Di Gianvincenzo, F. (Lecturer) & Andersen, C. K. (Lecturer)
7 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Sustainable Preventive Conservation in Museums
Andersen, C. K. (Organizer), Scharff, M. (Participant), Ryhl-Svendsen, M. (Participant), Gambino, M. (Participant) & Bjarnhof, R. (Participant)
21 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Press/Media
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Klimaforandringer nedbryder vores fortidsminder -det bør du vide om din historie
Bjarnhof, R. & Andersen, C. K.
17/08/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Museer har brugt formuer på at beskytte uvurderlig kunst – nu viser det sig, at det ikke nytter
27/12/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Tretyakov-galleriet fortsætter restaureringen af maleriet "Ivan den Grusomme og hans søn Ivan"
20/12/2019
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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CollectionCare Video
Andersen, C. K., Scharff, M., Lee, D.S.-H. & Kim, N.
05/11/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media