Serlachius Seminar
Art History Goes Backwoods! – Serlachius Seminar
Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation and Serlachius Museums will arrange in Mänttä a Serlachius Seminar entitled Art History Goes Backwoods which will focus on art historical research. The Seminar will be held on 7–8 April 2022 in cooperation with the art history disciplines of Finnish universities and the Society for Art History in Finland.
Serlachius Seminar will bring experts together and serve as a forum for current art history research, while promoting art research in Finland and also accessibility to knowledge outside the university cities. In addition to academic researchers, the seminar will also serve museum professionals, art history students and anyone interested in art.
SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
THURSDAY 7 APRIL
11.45–12.20
Arrival at Serlachius Museum Gösta
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Opening of the seminar
13.45
Session I, Chair Tutta Palin
DAVID DE WITT: Rembrandt: Genre and Life
MINNA TUOMINEN: Op je gezondheid! Depiction of Natural Stimulants in Dutch 17th Century Painting
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
Session II, Chair Elina Räsänen
MARIE-SOFIE LUNDSTRÖM: PRESENTATION CANCELED!
KERSTI TAINIO: Traces of the Russian Revolution in the Gösta Serlachius Collection of Old European Art
LOTTA NYLUND: “Laplanders” by the Fire – Alexander Lauréus’ Sami-Themed Paintings
17.00
Guided tour at Serlachius Museum Gösta
18.00
Dinner at Restaurant Gösta
20.00
Transfer to the accommodation (in Mänttä)
FRIDAY 8 APRIL
9.30
Welcome and introduction of the day
9.45
Session III, Chair Lauri Ockenström
VILLE LUKKARINEN: Today, Who is Familiar with the Painters of the Poetic Reality (Les peintres de la Réalité poétique)? Maurice Brianchon and Roland Oudot in the Serlachius Collection.
HEIKKI HANKA: Contextualizing Wilho Sjöström’s The Tennis Players
JOHANNA BJÖRKMAN: Gösta Serlachius and Architects as Operators in the Planning of the Community in Mänttä
11.45
Lunch
12.45
Session IV, Chair Roni Grén
TUTTA PALIN: The “Chaplin Talents” of a Painter. Jalmari Ruokokoski’s Self-Portraits Mid-1910s
TIMO HUUSKO: Sanctifying the Nation’s Everyday Life. The Subjects of Alvar Cawén’s Art and His Use of Colors
HANNE TIKKALA: Schjerfbeck’s Blue and Other Colours – Helene Schjerbeck’s Colour Palette from the Viewpoint of Material Research
14.15
Coffee break
14.45
Session V, Chair Tomi Moisio
HANNA PIRINEN: Signature as a Subject-Matter of a Research
TEPPO JOKINEN: The Moon in Hjalmar Munsterhjelm’s work “Bärosund in Moonlight”
SANDRA LINDBLOM: ”And I, I regret ever becoming a painter.” – Axel Gallén’s First Trip to Paris in the Light of New Sources
16.15
Closing of the seminar
16.30
Transfer from Serlachius Museum Gösta to Gustaf Museum
16.45
Guided tour at Serlachius Museum Gustaf
17.30
Buses leave from Gustaf Museum
