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

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date for the main course from one of his three years of previous
experience.
Students
g. The annual intake of students for the qualifying year is 3-6 and
the maximum number of students who can be accommodated over
three years for the main course is nine.
Qualifications
10. Candidates for the qualifying year must have their General
Certificate of Education (Matura) or have completed an apprenticeship
as a gilder or cabinet maker.
11. Candidates for the main course must have their General Certificate
of Education (Matura) and three years experience of practical
work in a conservation studio dealing with easel paintings or
polychromed sculpture or hold the certificate of the qualifying year
and have had two years of studio practice.
Staff
12. The permanent staff of the Institut consists of the Head of the
Institut, one lecturer in conservation techniques, one science lecturer,
one research assistant and a secretary. Part-time staff are employed
for teaching art history and drawing.
Finance
13. The Institut fur Technologic der Malerei is financed entirely
by the State of Wurttemburg.
IX. THE INTERMUSEUM CONSERVATION
CENTRE, OBERLIN COLLEGE, OHIO
i. The Intermuseum Conservation Centre is a cooperative association
of fifteen art museums in the American mid-west, founded in
1952 for the purpose of sharing conservation services. It is accommodated
in the Allen Art Building at Oberlin College. The ICA is
a non-profit making corporation governed by a Board of Trustees
and financed independently, principally by the income from the
inspections, and laboratory services which it provides for its members
and for certain other charitable and educational institutions.
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