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Capturing the Fugitive...in Art
Winslow Homer's (1836-1910) "For to Be a Farmer's Boy" (1887) (Gift of Mrs. George T. Langhorne in memory of Edward Carson Waller, AIC 1963.760). This image had long puzzled scholars due to the seemingly unfinished and flat sky in a highly finished work.
Credit: © The Art Institute of Chicago
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Laboratory replicas of watercolor brushstrokes containing cochineal (Carmine Naccarat) and madder lakes before (below) and after (above) fading for 20 months in a sun-exposed window.
Credit: © Kristi Dahm, The Art Institute of Chicago
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Depictions of nanostructured surfaces for SERS made of gold (Au) L trimer nanoantennas (enhancement factor (EF) around 1.7 x 108).
Credit: © Nilam Shah, Van Duyne Group, Northwestern University
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A digital re-creation of Homer's "For to Be a Farmer's Boy," simulating the appearance of the sky at sunset before fading, and matched to the original, faded image.
Credit: © Kristi Dahm, Loren McDonald, The Art Institute of Chicago
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