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

1999-EUGENE SAVAGE

Working on scaffold in the courthouse stairwell.

Janet Hessling worked with the Indianapolis Museum of Art Conservation Department to clean two murals by Eugene Savage in the Fountain County Indiana Courthouse. County Seat Covington was the birthplace of the artist, who had become a nationally known mural painter by the time he agreed to return to his hometown to paint murals in the new courthouse.

The two murals on either side of the grand staricase are allegories of honest and dishonest collection and use of tax money.

eugene savage
Inpainting.

Painting detail

Savage included images of family members and long time teacher and community leader Miss Olive Cofeen in the painting of citizens benefiting from wise spending. The paintings were in good condition largely due to Savage's excellent technique, but required cleaning and revarnishing.

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1999-EUGENE SAVAGE
Working on scaffold in the courthouse stairwell.	Janet Hessling worked with the Indianapolis Museum of Art Conservation Department to clean two murals by Eugene Savage in the Fountain County Indiana Courthouse. County Seat Covington was the birthplace of the artist, who had become a nationally known mural painter by the time he agreed to return to his hometown to paint murals in the new courthouse. The two murals on either side of the grand staricase are allegories of honest and dishonest collection and use of tax money.	Inpainting. Painting detail
Savage included images of family members and long time teacher and community leader Miss Olive Cofeen in the painting of citizens benefiting from wise spending. The paintings were in good condition largely due to Savage's excellent technique, but required cleaning and revarnishing.
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