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' FRIDAY, DEC. (5, 1940.■HD TRIO STIFFS C11HIC TO REPIIR ARTExperts Annually Handle 200 Priceless PaintingsCAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Dec. « (UP — If other people did it they'd probably be called counterfeiters, but three men are paid by Harvard University to doctor priceless works of art.Their work, ranging from periodic examinations to the transfer of paintings from one base to another, is done at The Fogg Mu-. seum of Fine Arts in a room that resembles both a studio and a hos-p. mlThe job is a delicate one and the men. besides having steady hands, must have a thorough knowledge of . art. They must understand the chemical properties of pigments and their reactions to other chemicals and adhesives, they must know how* paint contracts and expands 'and the secrets of canvas plaster and wood.All ExpertsFor the painstaking job Harvard chose G. L Stout, head of the fine arts department of conservation and research. Murray Pease and Richard D. Buck.Under their hands pass about 200 paintings annually. They all aie works that would thrill any col-(Wor, but the doctors do not dwell on their beauties—they just repair them.The most difficult job is the , transferring of a pafnting from a weakened support to a new one. The preliminaries to that are almost as complicated as the Job itself.
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Fri, Dec 06, 1940
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