Supervisor: prof. MgA. Adam Pokorný, Ph.D.

The dissertation project focuses on the technological nature of the acrylic painting medium in Czechoslovak painting from the 1960s to the 1980s, an area that has not yet been systematically documented. Unlike the Western context, where acrylic paints became established within a developing market for artists’ materials, the situation in Czechoslovakia was characterized by limited availability of artists’ acrylic paints and frequent use of industrial or alternative materials. These conditions gave rise to a technologically diverse painting practice, which today presents a challenge for conservation-restoration interpretation, protection, and treatment of these works.

The research interconnects four methodological dimensions: historical, material, technological, and conservation-related. The empirical part is based on case studies of selected Czech and Slovak artists, whose painting techniques are documented through non-destructive analytical methods and complemented by in-depth interviews with the artists.

The aim of the research is to provide a systematic documentation of the acrylic painting medium in the Czechoslovak context, to capture the artist’s intent as an ethical foundation for conservation-restoration decision-making, and to establish a reference baseline that can be used for future monitoring of the condition of the studied works.

Mgr. art. Kristína Luknárová,

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Dissertation: Documenting the Acrylic Painting Medium in Czechoslovakia: Availability, Establishment, and Painting Technique from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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