A detail of the Relievo version of "Sunflowers."
(Credit: Van Gogh Museum)
Chances are good you’ll never be able to own an original Van Gogh, but thanks to a new technique developed by Fujifilm Belgium, a faithful reproduction could be in the cards.
Called Reliefography, the technique uses a combination of scanning and printing technologies to re-create a work of art, faithfully replicating the size, color, brightness, and texture of the original work. It goes beyond the front of the canvas, though — the detailing extends to the back, where all labels and stamps have been re-created in detail.
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The five reproductions in a collection called “Relievo,” created in collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum, are “Almond Blossom” (1890), “Sunflowers” (1889), “The Harvest” (1888), “Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds” (1890), and “Boulevard de Clichy” (1887).
Each painting was scanned in 3D before … [Read more]
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