Within a wider collections management programme conducted by the Divisão Municipal de Museus (DMM) from Oporto City Hall, a collaboration has been started with the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) for reorganisation of the municipal storage facilities and to set up the process of transfering collections to permanent housing in a refurbished building. The main goals of the project are to prepare the collecti...
This paper presents a summary of the results obtained in the first approach ever made to the characterization of the materials and techniques used in the oil painting production by António Carneiro (1872–1930), one of the best portuguese painters in the transition from the 19th to the 20th centuries. A selection of ten oils on canvas belonging to the Municipality of Oporto were analysed using a set of non-invas...
A experiência de Edson Motta (1910-1981), após sua formação no Fogg Conservation Center, ofereceu à prática de restauro no Brasil o uso de novos materiais e a introdução da técnica de reentelamento a cera-resina. Tal processo levanta o debate acerca das vantagens e desvantagens da utilização desse método, no contexto de um país tropical e com poucos recursos. Para pensar tal problemática, configura-se como impo...
At the end of 2019, the 5th edition of the Portuguese-Brazilian Conference on Conservation and Restoration took place, and was organized by CITAR (Catholic University of Portugal) in collaboration with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. During the 9th and 10th of December topics were discussed related to recent events, such as the tragic fire in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, which occurred just ...
At the end of 2019, the 5th edition of the Portuguese-Brazilian Conference on Conservation and Restoration took place, and was organized by CITAR (Catholic University of Portugal) in collaboration with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. During the 9th and 10th of December topics were discussed related to recent events, such as the tragic fire in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, which occurred just ...
A experiência de Edson Motta (1910-1981), após sua formação no Fogg Conservation Center, ofereceu à prática de restauro no Brasil o uso de novos materiais e a introdução da técnica de reentelamento a cera-resina. Tal processo levanta o debate acerca das vantagens e desvantagens da utilização desse método, no contexto de um país tropical e com poucos recursos. Para pensar tal problemática, configura-se como impo...
Este trabalho visa a elaboração de um estudo científico e de conservação das obras executadas por Candido Portinari para o Palácio Gustavo Capanema, edificação construída no período entre 1937 e 1943. Especificamente neste artigo focaremos o painel de afresco Pau Brasil, uma das pinturas do primeiro conjunto de painéis a serem pintados, intitulado Ciclos Econômicos. Foi utilizada técnica de análise de Fluorescê...