Training in the Conservation of Paintings - Calouste Gulbenkian ...

Appendix C: Conservation training
courses visited by the committee
I. THE COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART,
LONDON - TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
1. The Courtauld Institute of Art, an Institute of London University,
provides undergraduates and post-graduate courses in the history
of art, which lead to London University degrees.
2. The Institute is at present entirely situated in Home House, 20
Portman Square, except for its exhibition galleries and the greater
part ofits collections of paintings, drawings and other works of art,
which are at Woburn Square, in a building shared with the Warburg
Institute. The plans for completing the building in Woburn Square
provide for housing the whole Institute there.
3. The Institute's art and photographic libraries are available to
students; its galleries are open to the public and works of art not
displayed in the galleries are available to students.
Technology Department
4. The Technology Department, for the conservation and scientific
investigation of works of art, was founded in 1933 and has carried
out work for public and private collections since then. Works of
art for restoration come from the Institute itself, from the National
Trust, the Royal Collection, local museums and private collectors.
These are mainly, but not exclusively, paintings and drawings.
5. The department has recently been extended and at present covers
about 2,000 square feet at nos. 9 and 10 Portman Close, in the mews
behind no. 20 Portman Square.
6. Records are kept of all the paintings of importance and research
interest which pass through the Technology Department. Access is
given to all bonafide enquirers.
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