Researchers discovered that a particular brand of paint favored by the Spanish artist had an atomic structure that predisposed it to degradation. By Katherine Kornei From Van Gogh’s sunflowers to ...

New insight into paint preservation could help “The Scream” show its face in public again. Edvard Munch’s 1910 version of this iconic artwork has rarely been displayed since 2006 because the ...

Over the last few decades, an unseen enemy has been degrading “The Scream.” The famous painting by Edvard Munch represents human anxiety and anguish and feels especially relevant during these ...

In 2004, masked men entered Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight and stole Edvard Munch's 1910 painting "The Scream". This painting is one of several paintings, pastels and prints that Munch created ...

The Cadmium Yellow Alert: Study Explains the Rapid Deterioration of One of Juan Mirò’s Favourite Colours Researchers from the Politecnico di Milano and Ca' Foscari University of Venice are part of the ...

Photo of the painting “Flowers in a blue vase” by Vincent van Gogh. The discoloration is located on the right side of the bouquet. Image courtesy of Kröller-Müller Museum Since Vincent van Gogh ...

New research suggests that humidity is making the painting's yellow cadmium sulfide degrade into white. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The vibrant colors of Edvard Munch’s most famous painting, ...

A bright yellow pigment favored a century ago by Impressionists such as Matisse and Van Gogh is losing its luster. Researchers have developed a laser imaging technique that can detect the first tiny ...

Scientists working in France, Belgium, and the United States have all confirmed that paintings by both Henri Matisse and Vincent Van Gogh are losing their bright yellow hues, which are slowly fading ...

Parts of Vincent van Gogh's "Flowers in a blue vase" painting have mysteriously changed color over time, and now scientists have figured out why: A chemical reaction between the paint and a protective ...

FROM Vincent Van Gogh’s sunflowers to Edvard Munch’s The Scream, there’s no shortage of seminal artwork that was made with a striking hue known as cadmium yellow. But that riot of colour that artists ...

Researchers from the Politecnico di Milano and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice are part of the team unravelling the causes of the degradation of cadmium yellow, used by the Spanish painter: the ...