A Artistic Conservation in Brazil between 1948 and 1976: honest restoration and wax/resin

Authors

  • May Christina Cunha de Paiva Universidade Federal do Estado de Rio de Janeiro
  • Edson Motta Jr. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

Edson Motta, Conservation, Heritage, Aesthetic, Fogg Museum

Abstract

This paper studies and presents the techniques, ethics and aesthetics of art conservation as practiced by Edson Motta, in Brazil, for over 30 years. Motta was a well-known painter when the Brazilian National and Artistic Heritage Services (SPHAN) employed him in 1944. In 1948, after two years training, he became the first Brazilian to obtain an academic professional certificate in conservation and restoration. Once back in Brazil he received the assignment of conserving the decorated interiors of the baroque churches located in the state of Minas Gerais. Although trained, exclusively, as an easel paintings conservator, Edson Motta used creativity and skill to adapt the methods and materials acquired at the Fogg to the new and complex Brazilian reality.

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Published

2016-11-05

How to Cite

Cunha de Paiva, M. C., & Motta Jr., E. (2016). A Artistic Conservation in Brazil between 1948 and 1976: honest restoration and wax/resin. Anuario TAREA, (3). Retrieved from https://revistasacademicas.unsam.edu.ar/index.php/tarea/article/view/368

Issue

No. 3 (2016): Historia de la conservación - restauración

Section

Dossier