Caracterización de los pigmentos en la obra del pintor costumbrista español Pérez Jiménez mediante XRF

Abstract

The pigments used by the Spanish costumbrism painter Pérez Jiménez (Segura de León, Badajoz, 1887-Oviedo, 1967) in some of his most representative paintings, have been characterized by a portable EDXRF. The paintings De vuelta de la Fuente (1908), El Ramito de Flores (1910), and Los Recién casados (1912), were analyzed and compared to a later work, Autorretrato (1938), in order to see de evolution of the artist palette. In this painting, a change in the white colour pigment has been found, which is in agreement with the date of it was made. Moreover, two of the paintings present restoration in different areas, which have been analyzed in order to compare with the original pigments. Some noteworthy differences have been found in both paintings, suggesting that a different restoration technique has been applied.