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July Issue 2009
University of
South Carolina in Columbia, SC, Features Restored Paintings
The University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, is presenting the exhibit, Saving Face: Conserving University of South Carolina Portraits, featuring more than 20 restored portraits of past university presidents, on view at the McKissick Museum through Aug. 15, 2009.
The collection is the result of an effort by several university departments to survey, catalog and conserve many university portraits after the university's Board of Trustees authorized the conservation of 15 presidential portraits needing care. Among those were portraits of William Patterson, painted by Raymond Goodbred, and William Scarborough's portrait of James H. Thornwell.
Nine portraits in the collections of McKissick Museum and the South Caroliniana Library have been conserved by Craig Crawford. By mid 2010, all 15 are expected to be completed.
The exhibition charts the progress of these projects and displays some of the recently conserved portraits, as well as others to be restored. Details and photos charting the process will accompany the works.
The initiative is one of several university efforts to restore the university's valuable portraits.
The South Caroliniana Library has created a portrait conservation fund, and University Housing and McKissick Museum have collaborated on improve care for portraits that hang in the residence halls. Columbia art conservator Virginia Newell recently completed work on the portrait of Dr. Irene Dillard Elliott, the first dean of women.
For further information
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or contact Ja-Nae
Epps at 803/777-7251.
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