Journal of Conservation Science (보존과학회지)

The Korean Society Of Conservation Science For Cultural Heritage (한국문화재보존과학회)
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Characteristics of White Pigments Used in Jiho Oh and Bonung Gu's Paintings Produced in Modern and Contemporary Period

근·현대 시대 오지호와 구본웅 유화작품에 사용된 백색계 안료의 특성 연구

  • Kim, Jung Heum (Department of Conservation and Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) ;
  • Kim, Hwan Ju (Department of Conservation and Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) ;
  • Park, Hye Sun (Department of Conservation and Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) ;
  • Lim, Sung Jin (Department of Conservation and Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)
  • 김정흠 (국립현대미술관 작품보존미술은행관리과) ;
  • 김환주 (국립현대미술관 작품보존미술은행관리과) ;
  • 박혜선 (국립현대미술관 작품보존미술은행관리과) ;
  • 임성진 (국립현대미술관 작품보존미술은행관리과)
  • Received : 2017.09.06
  • Accepted : 2017.10.16
  • Published : 2017.10.20
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Abstract

To investigate the pigments used in modern and contemporary oil paintings, thirty-two paintings by Jiho Oh and Bonung Gu were selected. The white pigment found in the ground and painting layers was identified as lead white (hydrocerussite), zinc white (zinc oxide), titanium white (titanium dioxide in anatase or rutile forms), calcite (calcium carbonate), and barite (barium sulfate). Further, this indicated that pigments differ according to the artist and date of the painting's creation. However, both Oh and Gu used zinc white during the modern and contemporary period, while lead white was replaced by titanium white, barite and calcite. Compared with the overseas studies on pigments and oil paints, the change patterns of pigments were the same with them but the periods of the use were partially different. It seems to be due to the fact that South Korea is linked to the historical background of the art material which was imported from Japan instead of Western countries. Therefore, it is inevitable that any change in the white pigments used for domestic oil paintings occurred at a different time from global transitions. If the results of this study are used in the analysis of art works it is suggested that a database recording such aspects as material properties of oil paints, artistic techniques, and chronology would become important for future conservation science and the study of art history.

근 현대 유화작품에 사용된 안료 연구를 위해 오지호와 구본웅 작품 32점을 분석대상으로 선정하여, 바탕칠층과 물감층에 사용된 백색안료 특성을 확인하였다. 분석 결과 대상작품에 사용된 백색 안료는 lead white(염기성탄산납), zinc white(산화아연), titanium white(아나타제 또는 루틸형의 이산화티탄), calcite(탄산칼슘), barite(황산바륨)로 확인되었으며, 작품에 사용된 안료의 종류는 작가 및 제작시기에 따라 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 zinc white가 모든 작품에 사용되고 lead white가 titanium white, barite 및 calcite로 대체되는 점은 두 작가 모두 동일한 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 문헌자료로 알려진 국외 안료 및 유화물감 연구와 비교했을 때 안료의 변화 양상은 동일하게 나타났으나, 부분적으로 사용시기가 다른 것으로 확인되었다. 이는 유화의 도입기부터 서구권과의 직접적인 교류가 이루어지지 못하고 일본을 거쳐 재료와 기법이 유입되었던 시대적 배경과 연관이 있는 것으로 보인다. 이에 따라 국내 유화에 사용된 백색안료의 종류는 세계적인 변화 양상과 시기적인 차이를 지니는 것으로 해석된다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 다양한 작품분석이 진행된다면 시기에 따른 유화물감의 재료적 특성과 작가의 표현기법 및 편년 연구 등 향후 보존과학과 미술사 연구에 중요한 근거자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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