Traditional and modern pigments in <scp>G</scp>ino <scp>S</scp>everini's <scp>S</scp>wiss murals

Between 1924 and 1947, Gino Severini decorated five churches in the Romand region of Switzerland with monumental religious wall paintings. This mural art played an important role Italian artist's career despite being mostly unknown not easily found. The painting methods materials these modern Swiss murals were characterized by combining historical archival research onsite visual scientific examination. Most pigments identified noninvasive integrating mapping techniques (i.e., technical photography digital microscopy) point analysis (x-ray fluorescence reflection FT-IR spectroscopy). results portable completed SEM-EDS, μFT-IR FPA imaging, μRaman analyses on micro-samples which provided stratigraphic compositional information to complement results. Overall, data obtained show that used both traditional (e.g., Sangiovanni white ochres/earths various color) ones, such as cadmium-based pigments, different zinc was applied exclusively a secco). Apart from cerulean blue (cobalt stannate) Naples yellow (lead antimonate) found only two locations, same set documented all Severini's murals. characterization palette is understand process followed Severini, his interest new available market and, at time, loyalty towards methods, fresco.