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From ArtHist.net:

Nature into Art
Schloss Nymphenburg, Munich, 11–12 February 2025

Registration due by 2 February 2025

From 26 November 2024 to 16 March 2025, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich is hosting the world’s first major monographic exhibition on Rachel Ruysch. The exhibition is a collaborative effort between the Alte Pinakothek, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) has always been regarded as one of the most important flower painters in European art, but her life and work have remained insufficiently researched to date. In addition to her perfected fine painting technique, her still lifes—featuring flowers, leaves, fruits, and insects rendered in the finest detail—reflect her interest in botanical and scientific subjects.

In conjunction with the exhibition Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art and the CODARTfocus in Munich, the workshop Nature into Art will take place February 11–12 at Schloss Nymphenburg in München. The workshop aims to deepen new perspectives gained from the exhibition, particularly regarding the interplay between art and science. The speakers represent the interdisciplinary approach of the exhibition, which are derived from different scientific fields, such as art history, conservational sciences, postcolonial studies, and gender studies, as well as researchers with a botanical focal point. The workshop is intended to sustainably deepen the network of scholars with unique scientific approaches and from different countries, universities, research institutions, and museums. Participation of students from the University of Konstanz will involve the next generation of scholars and raise awareness for current research in the field of early modern painting.

Participation in the event is free of charge, but registration is requested. For more information and to register for the workshop, please contact laura.kromer@uni-konstanz.de until 2 February 2025.

Organizers
Christopher Atkins (Center for Netherlandish Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston), Robert Felfe (University of Graz), Karin Leonhard (University of Konstanz), and Thijs Weststeijn (University of Utrecht)

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9.00  Arrival

9.30  Opening Remarks

10.00  Morning Talks
• Marlena Schneider (Doerner Institut – Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen) — Art Technological Insights on Five Paintings by Rachel Ruysch from the Former Wittelsbach Electoral Collections
• Kirsten Derks (University of Antwerp) — Tried and Tested? Rachel Ruysch’s Working Methods in Her Mature and Late Works
• Larissa van Vianen (University of Amsterdam) — From Observation to Publication: Pierre Lyonet and the Art of 18th-Century Natural History
• Jaya Remond (Ghent University) — Printing Floral Imagery in Northern Europe, c. 1590–1610: Pictorial Discourses and Frames of Representation

13.30  Lunch

14.30  Afternoon Talks
• Marie Amélie Landrin (Sorbonne University) — Rachel Ruysch: Botanical Art at the Intersection of Science and Patronage
• Laura Kromer (University of Konstanz) — The Companion Pieces of Rachel Ruysch: Intertwinings of Pictorial Combination
• Catherine Powell-Warren (KU Leuven) — TBA

17.00  Closing Remarks

17.30  Reception

18.00  Judith Noorman (University of Amsterdam) — Presentation

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10.00–12.00  Study day in the exhibition Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Students from the University of Konstanz will offer tailored guided tours.