Janet W. Hessling Fine Art Conservation

Janet W. Hessling

Professional Care for Fine Art Collections

5613 Frenchman's Creek, Durham, NC 27713 (919)-544-4914 hessling@mindspring.com

1998 - THOMAS HART BENTON (1934)

Janet Hessling was part of a team of conservators organized by Martin Radecki of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and Margaret Contompasis of the Indiana University Art Gallery to treat Thomas Hart Benton's 1934 mural cycle The History of Indiana at Indiana University in Bloomington.

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Working on scaffold with lights and ventilation hoses

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Inpainting the mural

Benton created the 12' x 18' murals for the Indiana Pavilion at the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. They were installed in the lobby of Memorial Auditorium on the University campus in 1940. A team of 25 conservators worked over a period of seven months to consolidate, clean, inpaint, and varnish the murals to restore the bright colors that had been obscured by years of dirt and discolored varnish.

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1998 - THOMAS HART BENTON (1934)
Janet Hessling was part of a team of conservators organized by Martin Radecki of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and Margaret Contompasis of the Indiana University Art Gallery to treat Thomas Hart Benton's 1934 mural cycle The History of Indiana at Indiana University in Bloomington.		Working on scaffold with lights and ventilation hoses
Inpainting the mural
	Benton created the 12' x 18' murals for the Indiana Pavilion at the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. They were installed in the lobby of Memorial Auditorium on the University campus in 1940. A team of 25 conservators worked over a period of seven months to consolidate, clean, inpaint, and varnish the murals to restore the bright colors that had been obscured by years of dirt and discolored varnish.
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