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TITLES: Scenes of diinosaurs ARTIST: Charles Knight MEDIUM: oil on canvas DATE: 1926-1928 DIMENSIONS: (12) 10' x 12' (13) 10' x 25' LOCATION: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL | |
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For this project, a total of 25 historic murals were conserved for Evolving Planet, the new Field Museum exhibit that covers 4 billion years of geologic time. In 2004, Parma evaluated these murals, which were painted by renown artist Charles Knight. Museum records indicated that the murals had been cleaned years before, and that they were given periodic starch treatments. Now, however, a conservation proposal was requested to address a difficult problem. Stresses in the original panel supports were beginning to tear the murals apart. . . READ MORE | |
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Left: Maho Yoshikawa cleans a portion of the sky. Right: During cleaning, starch and grime are removed to reveal the intended palette of the artist. | |
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Left: Pinpoint paint losses, shown in the sky. Right: After cleaning, the losses were meticulously inpainted, point by point. | |
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The murals were treated on location at the Field Museum, due to their ennormous size. An entire exhibition hall was converted into a conservation studio for the treatment of twenty-five (25) "dinosaur" murals, painted by the celebrated artist, Charles Knight. | |
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Left: A vertical tear is filled with precision compensating material. Right: After inpainting. | |
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