CURRICULUM VITAE University education Professional experience

 CURRICULUM VITAE Name Nationality Date of birth Work address Email Telephone Title Occupation Christina M. Currie British and Belgian 18 June 1965 Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-­‐IRPA), 1, parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium [email protected] 0032 (0)2 739 68 09 ‘Chef de travaux’ Researcher, head of photography and scientific imagery University education 2003 Doctor in Philosophy and Letters (History of Art), Liège University, Technical Study of Paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger in Belgian Public Collections (‘la plus grande distinction avec félicitations du jury’) 1989 Master of Arts, Painting Conservation, University of Northumbria at Newcastle (ex Newcastle-­‐Upon-­‐Tyne Polytechnic), UK 1987 Bachelor of Arts, History of Art, University College London, UK Professional experience 1998-­‐present Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-­‐IRPA), Brussels 1995-­‐1997 Freelance painting restorer, Brussels 1993-­‐1994 Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-­‐IRPA), Brussels. Internship, Painting Conservation (10 months) 1992-­‐1993 The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA. Andrew L. Mellon Fellowship in Painting Conservation (18 months) 1990-­‐1991 Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Advanced Level Internship, Painting Conservation (10 months) 1989-­‐1990 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. Internship, Painting Conservation (6 months) Scientific partnerships Since 2013 Since 2010 Member of the Académie royale d’Archéologie de Belgique Member of the scientific committee for the ‘Centre de recherches des Primitifs flamands’, KIK-­‐IRPA, Brussels Since 2009 ‘Collaboratrice scientifique’ of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Liège Since 2005 Member of the scientific committee for the organisation of the bi-­‐annual colloquium for the study of underdrawing and technology in painting (IRPA; Centre for the Study of the Illuminated Manuscript, KULeuven; Laboratoire d’étude des œuvres d’art par les méthodes scientifiques, Louvain-­‐la-­‐Neuve) Publications Book C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘The Brueg[h]el phenomenon: Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Pieter Brueghel the Younger with a Special Focus on Technique and Copying Practice’, Brussels, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Scientia Artis collection, 3 volumes, 2012, 1062 pages Other publications (articles and contributions) and selected presentations D. Allart, C. Currie, P. Fraiture and Steven Saverwyns, ‘A Case of Mistaken Identity: A Version of the Good Shepherd by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, oral communication, symposium XIX for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting, Bruges, 13 September 2014 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Science et art. Des originaux de Pierre Brueghel l’Ancien et leurs copies au laboratoire’, conference, ALTAIR, ULB, Brussels, 26 avril 2014 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘The Brueg(h)el Phenomenon’, conference, Académie royale d’Archéologie de Belgique, Brussels, 19 October 2013 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Pieter Brueghel as a Copyist after Pieter Bruegel’, ArtMatters, Archetype Publications, Glasgow, vol. 6, 2013, pp. 1-­‐11 C. Currie, D. Allart and S. Saverwyns, ‘Une copie qui fait honneur à son modèle : le Massacre des Innocents de Pierre Brueghel le Jeune (Sibiu, Muzeul National Brukenthal)’, Bulletin de l’Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique, 2013, pp. 133-­‐151 C. Currie, with the collaboration of D. Allart, The Brueg(h)el Phenomenon’, conference, Rotary Club Renaissance, Brussels, 29 January 2013 C. Currie, D. Allart and S. Saverwyns, ‘A Copy that does Justice to its Model: The Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Sibiu, Muzeul National Brukenthal)’, Brukenthal. Acta Musei (in press) C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Trompeuses séductions. La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-­‐Arts de Belgique’, CeROArt (on-­‐line), 2013, put on line 11 February 2013, URL: http://ceroart.revues.org/2953 C. Currie, D. Allart and S. Saverwyns, ‘The Brueg(h)el Phenomenon’, conference, Rubenianum, Antwerp, 5 December 2012 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Dans l’atelier des Brueg(h)el père et fils. Pratiques d’un créateur et de son copiste’, conference, Centre Transitions, Liège university, 16 October 2012 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Le Massacre des innocents. Examen d’une réplique de Pierre Brueghel le Jeune d’après un original de son père’, oral communication, Neuvième congres de l’Association des Cercles francophones d’Histoire et d’Archéologie de Belgique, Liège, 23-­‐25 August 2012 p. 2 / 4 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Les séductions du maquillage. Sur la Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-­‐Arts de Belgique à Bruxelles et son attribution à Bruegel’, oral communication, Restauration et falsification, Journée d’étude co-­‐organisée par les groupes de contact FNRS, 8 June 2012 C. Currie, F. Rosier and J-­‐A. Glatigny, with the collaboration of D. Allart, P. Fraiture et S. Saverwyns, ‘Du déjà vu : une copie magistrale de Pieter Brueghel le Jeune du Massacre des innocents d’après une œuvre originale de Pieter Bruegel l’Ancien’, conference, Villa Vauban, Luxembourg, 8 June 2012 C. Currie and D. Allart, ‘Pieter Brueghel as a Copyist after Pieter Bruegel’, oral communication, international conference, Copying, Replicating and Emulating Paintings in the 15th-­‐18th Century, Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation, Copenhagen, 21-­‐22 May 2012 C. Currie, D. Allart and S. Saverwyns, ‘Eine Kopie, die dem Original gerecht wird: Der Bethlehemitische Kindermord von Pieter Brueghel d. J.’, in Brueghel, Cranach, Tizian, van Eyck. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Brukenthal, eds. D. Dâmboiu, G. Thewes and D. Wagener, 2012, pp. 72-­‐87 H. Dubois, C. Currie and V. Vanderkerchove, ‘The ‘Edelheere Triptych’: the Earliest Copy of Rogier van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross’. History, Examination and Conservation Treatment’, in Rogier Van der Weyden in Context. Papers presented at the Seventeenth Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting held in Leuven, 22-­‐24 October 2009, eds. L. Campbell, J. Van der Stock, C. Reynolds and L. Watteeuw, 2012, pp. 194-­‐205 C. Currie and P. De Gryse, ‘New research on the great pavise in the collection of the Royal Military Museum in Brussels’, in International Committee of Museums of Arms and Military History Conference, October 2009 proceedings, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, UK, 2012, pp. 120-­‐148 C. Currie, ‘L’analyse de six œuvres de la collection de la Villa Vauban (Musée d’art de la Ville de Luxembourg) à l’aide de l’imagerie scientifique et des méthodes d’analyse scientifique à l’Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique, Bruxelles’, conference, Villa Vauban, Luxembourg, 2010 C. Currie, ‘Infrared reflectograms of the Edelheere Triptych’, poster and short presentation, Rogier van der Weyden in context. Symposium XVI for the Study of Underdrawing Technology in Painting, 22-­‐
24 October 2009 C. Currie, ‘Examination of paintings in infrared at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, in Pre-­‐
Eyckian Panel Paintings in the Low Countries, 1. Catalogue (Contributions to Fifteenth-­‐Century Painting in the Southern Netherlands and the Principality of Liège, 9), ed. Cyriel Stroo, Brussels, 2009, pp. 41-­‐6 C. Currie, ‘Genesis of a Pre-­‐Eyckian Masterpiece: Melchior Broederlam’s Painted Wings for the Crucifixion Altarpiece’, in Pre-­‐Eyckian Panel Paintings in the Low Countries, 2. Essays (Contributions to Fifteenth-­‐Century Painting in the Southern Netherlands and the Principality of Liège, 9), ed. Cyriel Stroo, Brussels, 2009, pp. 2-­‐61 C. Currie and L. Serck, ‘La Montée au Calvaire d’Henri Bles’, in Guide du visiteur, Musée provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois, ed. Jacques Toussaint, Namur, 2007, pp. 8-­‐28 C. Currie, ‘Reproducing Bruegel: Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Sermon of Saint John the Baptist, 1566 and the copies by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-­‐1637/8)’, oral communication at session chaired by Natasja Peeters and James J. Bloom, Aspects of the Organisation of 17th century Antwerp large painting workshops, College Art Association 94th annual conference, Boston, USA, February 22-­‐25 2006 C. Currie and L. Serck, ‘Saint Jérôme dans un paysage par Henri Bles et Lambert van Noort’, in Guide du visiteur no. 8, Musée provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois, ed. Jacques Toussaint, Namur 2005, pp. 19-­‐45 C. Currie, ‘Une Déploration du Christ du premier quart du XIVe s. et la famille Lannoy-­‐Molembaix’, Bulletin de l’IRPA, 2004, pp. 173-­‐90 p. 3 / 4 C. Currie and B. Ghys, ‘Design transfer in Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s workshop: a step-­‐by-­‐step reconstruction based on technical examination of his paintings‘, in Copies. Répliques. Pastiches. L’étude du dessin sous-­‐jacent et de la technologie dans la peinture. Colloque XV, Bruges, 11-­‐ 13 septembre 2003, eds. H. Verougstraete and R. Van Schoute, Leuven, 2006, pp. 196-­‐206 C. Currie, ‘The Discovery of Pouncing in a Painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger and its Implications for the Use and Origin of Cartoons in his Workshop’, Brueghel Enterprises symposium, 2002 C. Currie, ‘The Winter Landscape with Bird Trap and The Adoration of the Magi: Original Versions, Secondary Models and Transferral of the Image’, Brueghel Enterprises symposium, 2002 C. Currie, ‘Découverte de la réutilisation d’un panneau chez Pierre Brueghel le Jeune : premier témoignage de recyclage économique chez cet artiste’, in Revue belge d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’art, 71, 2002, pp. 47-­‐57 C. Currie, ‘Comparaison de deux versions du Dénombrement de Bethléem attribuées à Pierre Brueghel le Jeune grâce à la réflectographie infrarouge’, in L’archéométrie au service des monuments et des œuvres d’art. Premier colloque interdisciplinaire d’Archéométrie de l’Université de Liège, Le Verbois, Liège, Belgique, 16-­‐18 novembre 2000 (Dossier de la Commission royal des monuments, sites et fouilles, 10), eds. D. Allart and P. Hoffsummer, Liège-­‐Jambes 2002, pp. 155-­‐60 C. Currie, ‘Démystification d’un procédé : Le Dénombrement de Bethléem de Pieter Brueghel le Jeune. Une étude technique, dans L’Entreprise Brueghel. 13 octobre 2001-­‐17 février 2002: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; 22 mars-­‐23 juin 2002: Musées Royaux des Beaux-­‐Arts de Belgique, Bruxelles, exh. cat., ed. P. van den Brink, Ghent-­‐Amsterdam-­‐[Paris] 2001, pp. 80-­‐124 (catalogue also available in English and Dutch) C. Currie, ‘Technical Study of Paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger in Belgian Public Collections: Preliminary Results’, in Le dessin sous-­‐jacent et la technologie dans la peinture. Colloque XIII. Bruges, 15, 16, 17 septembre 1999. La peinture et le laboratoire. Procédés. Méthodologie. Applications, eds. R. Van Schoute and H. Verougstraete, Louvain-­‐Paris 2001, pp. 121-­‐30 C. Currie, ‘S.O.S. Peintures anciennes : sauvegarde de 20 oeuvres sur panneau (SOS Paintings: conservation of 20 works on panel). Musées royaux des Beaux-­‐Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. October 4th-­‐December 8th 1996’, exhibition review, in The Picture Restorer, 11, 1997, pp. 23-­‐26 C. Currie and J.-­‐A. Glatigny, ‘Le Triomphe de l’Eglise (école des Pays-­‐Bas méridionaux, XVIIe siècle). Examen technologique et traitement’, in S.O.S. Peintures Anciennes. Sauvegarde de 20 œuvres sur panneau. 4 octobre-­‐8 décembre 1996 : Musée d’Art ancien, Bruxelles, exh. cat., Brussels 1996, pp. 151-­‐57 C. Currie, ‘La Lignée de sainte Anne Credo (Maître Jean, vers 1513-­‐1517). Examen technologique et traitement’, in S.O.S. Peintures Anciennes. Sauvegarde de 20 œuvres sur panneau. 4 octobre-­‐8 décembre 1996 : Musée d’Art ancien, Bruxelles, exh. cat., Brussels 1996, pp. 119-­‐27 C. Currie, ‘Thomas Eakins under the Microscope: A Technical Study of the Rowing Paintings’, in Thomas Eakins: The Rowing Pictures, ed. H. A. Cooper, New Haven and London, 1996, pp. 90-­‐101; republished in American Artist, 61, 1997, pp. 12-­‐19 C. Currie, ‘Nineteenth Century Portraits on Scored Panels in The Cleveland Museum of Art’, in Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 34, 1995, pp. 69-­‐75 C. Currie and J. W. Smith, ‘The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake-­‐Boat by Thomas Eakins: A Technical Study Reveals Surprising Techniques’, AIC Paintings Specialty Group Postprints, 1994, pp. 18-­‐23 p. 4 / 4