The series of the annual exhibition Preserved art treasures has the same message each year: to tell about the work of conservators-restorers.

Museum visitors can learn about the preparation and implementation steps of the restoring process representing the responsibility, professionality and creativity of the conservators-restorers’ work. Professionals of the field can learn about novelties each year since one of the most important goals of the training of the conservators-restorers is contribute to the progress of the profession with material and model experiment carried out before the actual restoration process.

Each of the diploma works has something special to show to the audience. In case of the oil-soaked paper umbrella the special technology by which it had been made affected the restoring process to a great extent. The openwork ceramic dish that had been broken and fixed so many times required a brand new technology to fix and strengthen it.

The velvet cover of the gospel book with the exclusive goldsmith binding had preserved the footprint of the missing silver ornaments which made it possible to partially reconstruct and restore it. An Ottoman era, phallus-shaped glass object was restored to its original state from fragmants that had been stored in a paper bag for a long time.

The stained glass window depicting the story of Martha and Mary was missing the faces of the two main characters thus creating an ethical problem for the restorers. Based on a thorough research in art history and iconography finally it was possible to reconstruct the painting on the faces.

After removing the thick and distorted lacque layer from the surface of the oval icons rare, bright patches became visible. Based on the findings of investigations the distortion had been caused by the interaction of the substances in the paints applied earlier and not by the original creator of the icon.

The exhibited diploma works are by Zoltán Mihály Bélteki, Anna Remény Cselőtei, Dóra Fekete, Judit Fiam, Gergely Kolozsvári, Edit Mikó, Áron Parajdi, Alexandra Szinger, Rebeka Tiszai, Lili Eszter Fa, Csilla Galambos, Orsolya Gácsi, András Kalivoda, Hajnalka Nagy, Nóra Nagyváradi, Edit Pelles and Hajnalka Tóth.

Source: Hungarian National Museum
https://mnm.hu/en/exhibitions/preserved-art-treasures-2017
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