C. RICHARD JOHNSON, JR.
Selected Publications


In the Art History and Conservation Literature

C. R. Johnson, Jr., E. Hendriks, P. Noble, and M. Franken, "Advances in Computer-Assisted Canvas Examination: Thread Counting Algorithms," 37th Annual Meeting of American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Los Angeles, CA, May 2009.

D. H. Johnson, E. Hendriks, M. Geldof, and C. R. Johnson, Jr., "Do Weave Matches Imply Canvas Roll Matches?," 38th Annual Meeting of American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Milwaukee, WI, May 2010.

E. Hendriks, L. Jansen, J. Salvant, E. Ravaud, M. Eveno, M. Menu, I. Fielder, M. Geldof, L. Megens, M. van Bommel, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and D. H. Johnson, ``A Comparative Study of Vincent van Gogh's Bedroom Series'' in Studying Old Master Paintings: Technology and Practice - The National Gallery Technical Bulletin 30th Anniversary Conference Postprints, ed. M. Spring, Archetype Publications, pp. 237-243, 2011.

C. R. Johnson, Jr., D. H. Johnson, N. Hamashima, H. S. Yang, and E. Hendriks, ``On the Utility of Spectral-Maximum-Based Automated Thread Counting from X-Rays of Paintings on Canvas,'' Studies in Conservation, vol. 56, pp. 104-114, 2011.

P. Noble, A. van Loon, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and D. H. Johnson, `` Technical Investigation of Rembrandt and/or Studio of Saul and David c. 1660 from the Collection of the Mauritshuis,'' ICOM-CC 2011 Lisbon Triennial Conference Preprints, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2011.

L. van Tilborgh, T. Meedendorp, E. Hendriks, D. H. Johnson, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and R. G. Erdmann, `` Weave Matching and Dating of Van Gogh's Paintings: An Interdisciplinary Approach,'' The Burlington Magazine, vol. CLIV, pp. 112-122, February 2012.

Pablo Perez D'Ors, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and D. H. Johnson, `` Velazquez in Fraga: a New Hypothesis about the Portraits of El Primo and Philip IV,'' The Burlington Magazine, vol. CLIV, pp. 620-625, September 2012.

W. Liedtke, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and D. H. Johnson, ``Canvas Matches in Vermeer: A Case Study in the Computer Analysis of Fabric Supports,'' Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 47, pp. 99-106, 2012.

C. R. Johnson, Jr., D. H. Johnson, I. Verslype, R. Lugtigheid, and R. G. Erdmann, ``Detecting Weft Snakes,'' Art Matters, vol. 5, pp. 48-52, 2013.

D. H. Johnson, E. Hendriks, and C. R. Johnson, Jr., ``Interpreting Canvas Weave Matches,'' Art Matters, vol. 5, pp. 53-61, 2013.

R. Erdmann, C. R. Johnson, Jr., M. Schafer, and J. Twilley, `` Reuniting Poussin's Bacchanals Painted for Cardinal Richelieu through Quantitative Canvas Weave Analysis,'' 41st Annual Meeting of American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Indianapolis, IN, May 2013.

C. R. Johnson, Jr., P. Messier, W. A. Sethares, A. G. Klein, C. Brown, A. H. Do, P. Klausmeyer, P. Abry, S. Jaffard, H. Wendt, S. Roux, N. Pustelnik, N. van Noord, L. van der Matten, E. Postma, J. Coddington, L. A. Daffner, H. Murata, H. Wilhelm, S. Wood, and M. Messier, `` Pursuing Automated Classification of Historic Photographic Papers from Raking Light Images,'' Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 159-170, 2014.

P. Doing and C. R. Johnson, Jr., `` On Applying Signal Processing to Computational Art History: An Interview,'' International Journal for Digital Art History, issue 1, pp. 64-75, 2015.

C. R. Johnson, Jr. and W. A. Sethares, " Canvas Weave Match Supports Designation of Vermeer's Geographer and Astronomer as a Pendant Pair," Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art (Special issue for Walter Liedtke), vol. 9, issue 1, Winter 2017. (DOI: 10.5092/jhna.2017.9.1.17)

In the Signal Processing Literature

C. R. Johnson, Jr., E. Hendriks, I. J. Berezhnoy, E. Brevdo, S. M. Hughes, I. Daubechies, J. Li, E. Postma, and J. Z. Wang, ``Image Processing for Artist Identification: Computerized Analysis of Vincent van Gogh's Painting Brushstrokes,'' IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (Special Section - Signal Processing in Visual Cultural Heritage), vol. 25, pp. 37-48, July 2008.

D. H. Johnson, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and R. G. Erdmann, ``Weave Analysis of Paintings on Canvas from Radiographs," Signal Processing (Special Issue on Image Processing for Art Investigation), vol. 93, pp. 527-540, March 2013.

C. R. Johnson, Jr., W. A. Sethares, M. H. Ellis, and S. Haqqi, ``Hunting for Paper Moldmates Among Rembrandt's Prints,'' IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (Special Issue on Signal Processing for Art Investigation), July 2015.


Curriculum Vitae

includes a career-spanning list of selected publications