Anna Tummers

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Anna Tummers
Born1974 (age 49–50)
NationalityDutch
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Occupation(s)professor, researcher, curator, art historian

Anna Tummers is a Dutch art historian, curator, and researcher, known for her work on Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish painting, particularly those of the seventeenth century. [1] She is a professor in Early Modern Art at Ghent University. [2]

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Biography

Anna Tummers began her career as a research assistant at the Print Room, Windsor in Windsor Castle, England (1999–2000). She then served as an assistant curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. (2000–2003). From 2003 to 2008, she was a lecturer and research associate at the University of Amsterdam. [3] [4] Tummers has explained that during her time in Windsor and Washington D.C. she started to take notes while researching, about seventeenth-century Dutch art theory, and that these notes lead her to explore the topic further, during her dissertation. [5]

On 1 November 2008, Tummers became the curator of old masters at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, succeeding Pieter Biesboer. [6] She held this position until 2021, and left the museum world to dedicate herself to her interests in academia. [7]

Tummers is noted for her work in developing new methodologies in art authentication, combining traditional connoisseurship with modern scientific techniques. [8] Tummers’s research often focuses on the ethical dimensions of art authentication, examining the profound impact that expert opinions can have on the cultural and economic value of artworks. Because of this, she has received significant grants, including a European Research Council grant to explore new methods of identifying art forgeries. [9] Tummers's work in art historical research has been described by Myrthe Timmers as being different, "from traditional expertise by using the newest technical analysis methods and computer science." [10]

Publications

Selected articles

Research and grants

Tummers heads and co-heads several research projects funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. Her European Research Council-funded project has been particularly influential, advancing the field of forgery detection while shedding light on the historical art market and the evolution of artistic techniques, alongside others:

Exhibitions

Tummers has curated and contributed to several exhibitions at the Frans Hals Museum, including:

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References

  1. ↑ Fabrikant, Geraldine (November 22, 2011). "In Haarlem, Treasures of the Dutch Golden Age". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Anna Tummers". Ghent University Research Portal. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Anna Tummers". CODART. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  4. ↑ Tummers, Anna (2005). "Aelbert Cuyp's Innovative Use of Spatial Devices". In van den Doel, Marieke; van Eck, Natasja; Korevaar, Gerbrand; Tummers, Anna; Weststeijn, Thijs (eds.). The Learned Eye: Regarding Art, Theory, and the Artist's Reputation. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 86–98. ISBN   9789053567128.
  5. ↑ Tummers, Anna (2011). The Eye of the Connoisseur: Authenticating Paintings by Rembrandt and His Contemporaries. Los Angeles: Getty Publications. ISBN   9781606060841.
  6. ↑ "Anna Tummers to Succeed Pieter Biesboer as Curator of Old Masters at the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem". CODART. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Ann Demeester leaving the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem". Frans Hals Museum. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  8. ↑ Reyburn, Scott (February 23, 2024). "What's in a Name? For This Rembrandt, a Steep and Rapid Rise in Price". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship". Universiteit Leiden. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  10. ↑ Timmers, Myrthe (30 June 2023). "Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship". Leiden University. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Tummers, Anna; Atkins, Chris (2013). Frans Hals: Eye to Eye with Rembrandt, Rubens, and Titian. Haarlem: Frans Hals Museum. ISBN   9789462080539.
  12. ↑ Tummers, Anna (2018). The Art of Laughter: Humour in the Dutch Golden Age. Haarlem: Frans Hals Museum. ISBN   9789462621701.
  13. ↑ Tummers, Anna; Jonckheere, Koenraad (2008). Art Market and Connoisseurship. A Closer Look at Paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Their Contemporaries. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. ISBN   9789089640321.
  14. ↑ Tummers, Anna (2008). First Woman to Become a Master Painter. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. ISBN   9789089640314.
  15. ↑ Tummers, Anna; Erdmann, Robert (2025). Frans Hals or not Frans Hals. Connoisseurship, Technical Analyses and Digital Tools. Open Access. ISBN   9783031594885.
  16. ↑ Tummers, Anna (2019). "Supplementing the Eye: The Technical Analysis of Frans Hals's Paintings – I". Burlington Magazine. 161. et al.: 934–941.
  17. ↑ "Frans Hals/Not Frans Hals". NWO. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  18. ↑ "21st Century Connoisseurship". NWO. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  19. ↑ "ArtDetect: A New Connoisseurship - Smart Ways to Detect Forgeries". Ghent University Research. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  20. ↑ Siegal, Nina (October 21, 2017). "Need a Good Laugh? Check Out Some 17th-Century Dutch Art". The New York Times.
  21. ↑ "Frans Hals: Eye to Eye with Rembrandt, Rubens, and Titian". Frans Hals Museum. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
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