Prof. Dr. Ursula Haller

Professor of Art Technology, Preservation and Restoration of Painting on Mobile Picture Carriers

Art Technology, Preservation and Restoration of Painting on Mobile Picture Carriers

Address:

Güntzstraße 34

Raum Nr. 309

Phone:

0351.4402 – 2161

Email:

haller@hfbk-dresden.de

Vita

1987Started training as restorer for paintings and sculptures:
short-term internships at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Gallery), Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg and the restoration studio of Dipl.-Rest. Evamaria Popp in Blaustein near Ulm
1987 – 1989Preparatory internship in the restoration studio of Eike Oellermann, Heroldsberg near Nuremberg
1989 / 1990 Preparatory voluntary service in the painting restoration activities of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Gallery) under the chief restorer Gertrud Otterbeck
1990Admitted to the course of study Restoration and Technology of Paintings and Painted Sculptures at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design); Prof. Karl-Werner Bachmann
1990 – 1994Course-accompanying internships: Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation; Nationalmuseum Stockholm; restoration studio of Dipl.-Rest. Ute Hack and Dipl.-Rest. Caroline Walther, Stuttgart; Baden-Württhembergisches Landesmuseum (Baden-Württemberg State Museum); Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Gallery)
1994Diploma thesis on “Herstellung und Anwendung von Lösungsmittel-Gelen, -Pasten, und -Kompressen in der Restaurierung” (Production and application of solvent gels, pastes, and compresses in restoration) under Prof. Dr. Gerhard Banik
1994 – 1997Artistic assistant at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden,
Special class for Preservation and Restoration of Polychrome Sculptures, Panels and Retables; Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schießl
1995 – 1997Collaboration in the SMWK research project “Historische Technologie, Schadens­erscheinungen sowie Konservierung und Restaurierung von mono- und polychromen Antikenabgüssen und Bildhauermodellen aus Gips” (Historical Technology, Damage and the Preservation and Restoration of Monochrome and Polychrome Antique Castings and Sculpture Models made of Plaster)
1997 – 2003Research assistant at the Technical University of Munich,
Chair for Restoration, Art Technology and Preservation Science; Prof. Erwin Emmerling
2004 / 2005Doctorate title Dr. phil. from the Technical University of Munich. Subject:
Das Einnahmen- und Ausgabenbuch des Wolfgang Pronner. Die Aufzeichnungen
des „Verwalters der Malerei“ Herzog Wilhelms V. von Bayern als Quelle zu Herkunft, Handel und Verwendung von Künstlermaterialien im ausgehenden 16. Jahrhundert (The purchase and distribution book of Wolfgang Pronner.The records of the “administrator of painting” of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria as source material for the origin, trade and use of artists’ materials at the end of the 16th century); assessors: Prof. Erwin Emmerling, Prof. Dr. Andreas Burmester
2004 / 2005Deputy professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, taught
the special class of Restoration of Historical, Modern and Contemporary Painting and Material Designs; successor of Prof. Winfried Heiber
2005 – 2007Research employee at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design), Institut für Technologie der Malerei, Laboratory for Archaeometry and Conservation Sciences; Prof. Dr. Christoph Krekel
Since 2007Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, taught the special class of Art Technology, Preservation and Restoration of Paintings on Mobile Picture Carriers; successor of Prof. Winfried Heiber
2008 / 2009Provisional management of the special class of Art Technology, Preservation and Restoration of Polychrome Sculptures, Panels and Retables 
2008 – 2013Member of the scientific advisory board of the “Journal for Art Technology and Conservation”
2008 – 2016Dean of Studies for the study programme of Art Technology, Preservation and Restoration of Artistic and Cultural Assets at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
2011 / 2012Provisional management of the special class of Art Technology, Preservation and Restoration of Polychrome Sculptures, Panels and Retables
Since 2014Co-editor of the “Journal for Art Technology and Conservation”
Since 2018Dean of Faculty 2

 

Other activities

  • Teaching assignments as guest lecturer and lectures for Preservation/Restoration study programmes in universities in Germany and abroad
  • Advisory work for museums, monument authorities and private restorers, primarily on issues of complex surface cleaning and exposure problems in paintings and polychrome sculptures
  • Expert work for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) among others

Scientific publications

Herstellung und Anwendung von Lösungsmittelgelen, -pasten und -kompressen in der Restaurierung (Production and application of solvent gels, pastes and compresses in restoration),edited by the Institut für Museumskunde at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1995 (out of print).

With Agnes Blüher, Gerhard Banik and Elisabeth Thobois:
The Application of Carbopol Poultices on Paper Objects, in: Restaurator 16/1995, pp. 234-247.

With Agnes Blüher, Gerhard Banik and Elisabeth Thobois:
Der Einsatz von Carbopol-Gelen auf Papierobjekten (The application of Carbopol gels on paper objects), in: Mogens S. Koch, K. Jonas Palm (editors), Preprints of the 8th International Congress of IADA, 19th-23rd September 1995, Tübingen, pp. 225-226.  

Eine Methode zur ... Abnahme von Wachs (A method to ... remove wax), in: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 10 (1/1996), pp. 166-167.

Über den Umgang mit Lösemitteln in der Restaurierung (On using solvents in restoration), in: Tagungsband des Rahmenprogramms der 2. Internationalen Fachmesse für Museumswesen und Ausstellungstechnik MUTEC (Conference transcript of the framework programme of the 2nd International Trade Fair for Museums and Exhibition Technology), Munich 1997, no page reference.

Herstellung und Anwendung von Lösungsmittel-Gelen, -Pasten und -Kompressen in der Restaurierung (Production and application of solvent gels, pastes and compresses in restoration)edited by the Institut für Museumskunde at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2nd revised edition, Stuttgart 1998 (out of print).

Über den Umgang mit Lösemitteln in der Restaurierung (On using solvents in restoration), in: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 12 (1/1998), pp. 156-161.

With Ulrich Schießl:
Reinigung ungefasster Gipsoberflächen - eine neue Methode (Cleaning unpainted plaster surfaces - a new method), in: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 12 (2/1998), pp. 274-282.

With Andreas Burmester and Christoph Krekel:
Apothekentaxen als neuer Quellentyp für die Erforschung historischer Künstlermaterialien (Pharmacy price-lists (taxae) as a new type of documentary source for research into historical artists' materials), in: Gerhard Schulze and Ingo Horn (editors), conference transcript of the joint conference of the working groups “Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege” (Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft) and “Archäometrie” (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker), Dresden 20.-31. March 2000, pp. 195-197.

Seifen und Lösemittelgele. Eine kurze bibliographische Studie zur jüngeren Restauriergeschichte (Soaps and solvent gels. A short bibliographic study on the recent restoration history), in: Katharina Walch-von Miller, Lösemittelgele und Seifen zur Trennung von Überzügen. Fallstudien und Erfahrungen aus der restauratorischen Praxis. Glossary and annotated bibliography provided by Ursula Haller, Munich 2003, pp. 75-83.

Grundbegriffe zur Anwendung von Lösemittelgelen und Seifen auf Lackoberflächen – Ein Glossar (Basic concepts for the use of solvent gels and soaps on paint surfaces – A glossary), in: Katharina Walch-von Miller: Lösemittelgele und Seifen zur Trennung von Überzügen. Fallstudien und Erfahrungen aus der restauratorischen Praxis. Glossary and annotated bibliography provided by Ursula Haller, Munich 2003, pp. 84-100.

With Andreas Burmester and Christoph Krekel:
The Munich Taxae Project (The Munich Taxae Project): The Kolberg Inventory List of 1589, in: M. Clarke, J. H. Townsend, A. Stijnman (editors), Art of the Past. Sources and Reconstructions, London 2005, pp. 44-48.

Das Einnahmen- und Ausgabenbuch des Wolfgang Pronner. Die Aufzeichnungen des "Verwalters der Malerei" Herzog Wilhelms V. von Bayern als Quelle zu Herkunft, Handel und Verwendung von Künstlermaterialien im ausgehenden 16. Jahrhundert (The purchase and distribution book of Wolfgang Pronner. The records of the “administrator of painting” Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria as source material for the origin, trade and use of artists’ materials at the end of the 16th century), Munich 2005. [= Koenigs, W.; Huse, N.; Emmerling, E.; Nerdinger, W. (editors), studies from the Institute for Construction History, Art History and Restoration with the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich]

With Andreas Burmester and Christoph Krekel:
Zinnober im Spiegel von Apothekenpreislisten (Cinnabar in light of pharmacy price-lists), in: Resenberg, Laura, Zinnober – zurück zu den Quellen, Munich 2005, pp. 7-11. [= Koenigs, W.; Huse, N.; Emmerling, E.; Nerdinger, W. (editors), materials from the Institute for Construction History, Art History and Restoration with the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich]

With Christoph Krekel and Andreas Burmester:
Kurzmitteilungen aus dem Münchner Taxenprojekt: Vitriol (Memos from the Munich Taxae Project: Vitriol), in: Restauro 111 (8/2005), pp. 562-565.     

With Christoph Krekel and Andreas Burmester:
Artists' Pigments Reconsidered: Does Modern Science Match the Historical Context?, in: D. Saunders, J. H. Townsend, S. Woodcock (editors): The Object in Context: Crossing Conservation Boundaries, Contributions to the IIC Munich Congress, 28th August - 1st September 2006, International Institute for Conservation, London 2006, pp. 244-248.

Recension of: Gerettet. Die Restaurierung der großen Formate nach der Flut 2002 (Rescued. The restoration of large formats (paintings) after the flood of 2002). Catalogue for an exhibition of the same name in the Semper building of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 17.11.2007 – 24.02.2008, in: Beiträge zur Erhaltung von Kunstwerken 1/2008, pp. 118-119.

Gemälde im VP-REM: Beobachtungen zum Feuchteverhalten von Werkstoffen der Malerei. Eine Projektskizze (Painting in VP-REM: Observations on the moisture behaviour of painting materials. A project outline), in: Wasser, conference transcript of the 20th conference of the Österreichischer Restauratoren Verband (ÖRV) in MAK Vienna, 10th-11th November 2006, Preservation Restoration, vol. 11, Österreichischer Restauratoren Verband, Vienna 2009, pp. 20-27.

With Andreas Burmester and Christoph Krekel:
Pigmenta et Colores in Apothekentaxen aus Liegnitz (Schlesien) (Pigments and colours in the pharmacy price lists from Legnica (Silesia)), in: A. Hauptmann and H. Stege (editors): Metalla, special edition 2 (Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2009), Bochum 2009, pp. 237-239.

With Elke Cwiertnia and Barbara Sommermeyer:
A Case Study: Consolidation and Retouching of Alkyd Paint on an Inflatable PVC-Bag from 1967, in: Future Talks 009: The Conservation of Modern Materials in Applied Arts and Design, Munich 2009, pp. 213-218.

“Administrator of Painting”. The Purchase and Distribution Book of Wolf Pronner (1586-1590) as a Source for the History of Painting Materials, in: J. Kirby (editor): Trade in Painters’ Materials: Markets and Commerce in Europe to 1700, London 2010, pp. 314-324.

With Andreas Burmester and Christoph Krekel:
Pigmenta et Colores: The Artists’ Palette in Pharmacy Price Lists, In: Jo Kirby (editor), Trade in Painters’ Materials: Markets and Commerce in Europe to 1700, London 2010, pp. 325-338.

Spurensuche. Gedanken zum Restaurierungskonzept der acht Groteskentafeln (Search for traces. Thoughts on the restoration concept of the eight grotesque panels), in: Lindenau-Museum Altenburg Bulletin 1/2010, pp. 46-54.

With Stephanie Hilden:
Konservierung und Restaurierung der bemalten Rokoko-Wandbespannungen aus dem Herrenhaus Ermlitz (Preservation and restoration of the painted Rococo wall coverings of Ermlitz mansion), in: Denkmalpflege in Sachsen-Anhalt 2/2010, pp. 4-14.

Restoration, in: Stefan Jordan, Jürgen Müller (editors): Lexikon Kunstwissenschaft. 100 Grundbegriffe, Stuttgart 2011, pp. 303-304.

With Stephanie Hilden and Karin Krüger:
The Ermlitz Project: Conservation and Mounting of 310 Square Metres of Painted Wall Hangings, in: Studies in Conservation Volume 57, Supplement 1, 2012 [= Contributions to the Vienna Congress of the International Institute for Conservation 2012], pp. 138-146.

With Anna von Reden, Dirk Andreas Lichtblau and Jens Danneberg:
A technical note on the determination of moisture regain of canvas painting supports using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), in: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 29 (1/2015), pp.141-148.

With Stephanie Hilden and Karin Krüger:
Die Wandbespannungen des Herrenhauses Ermlitz. Pilotphase Roter Salon: Restaurierung und Wiederanbringung mittels Permanentmagneten (The wall coverings of the Ermlitz mansion. Pilot phase Red Salon: Restoration and refitting using permanent magnets), in: Das Gutshaus Apel in Ermlitz: Architektur, Raumkunst und Kulturgeschichte eines barocken Herrenhauses im 18. Jahrhundert, edited by Elisabeth Rüber-Schütte [= Kleine Hefte zur Denkmalpflege 9, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt (State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt) 2015], pp. 61-78.

With Stephanie Hilden and Karin Krüger:
Die Wandbespannungen des Herrenhauses Ermlitz. Pilotphase Roter Salon: Restaurierung und Wiederanbringung mittels Permanentmagneten (The wall coverings of the Ermlitz mansion. Pilot phase Red Salon: Restoration and refitting using permanent magnets), in: Wieder salonfähig. Handbemalte Tapeten des 18. Jahrhunderts, edited by the Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (The General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate), Direktion Landesdenkmalpflege (The Directorate for Monument Preservation) [= Denkmalpflege in Rheinland-Pfalz – Aus Forschung und Praxis, vol. 2, 2016], pp.150-161.

With Emilia Sleczek:
Digitale Bildverarbeitung als Hilfsmittel zur Rekonstruktion verlorener Darstellung im Bild (Digital image processing as an aid to the reconstruction of lost representation in images), in: Postprints of the conference on “Materiality – the understanding of objects in the cultural heritage disciplines” of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and N.i.ke. Netzwerk zur interdisziplinären Kulturguterhaltung in Deutschland, 26. - 27.11.2015. (In print)

With Sandra Plötz, Helena Dick, Emilia Sleczek and Mandy Hellinger:
Bildnis ohne Gesicht. Konservierung, Restaurierung und Teilrekonstruktion eines lebensgroßen Portraits Philipp Melanchthons (Portrait without face. Preservation, restoration and partial reconstruction of a portrait of Philipp Melanchthon), in: Postprints of the conference “Kunstwerke der Reformation erforscht und restauriert” (Research and restoration of artworks of reformation) of the Verband der Restauratoren (VDR) in the  Leucorea foundation, Wittenberg,  7-10.10.2015. (In print)