Position at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in Paintings Conservation
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is pleased to offer a Samuel
H. Kress Fellowship in Paintings Conservation for the year beginning
in the fall of 2012. The primary project is the treatment,
documentation, and technical study of a 7 x 9 foot painting by
Julien Dupre from circa 1888, which is currently unexhibitable due
to its structural condition as well as aesthetic considerations. The
Fellow would be responsible for all aspects of the treatment, from
devising the work plan; to coordinating the painting's movement,
handling, and documentation; to the execution of the treatment
itself.  There would be ample opportunity for research on the
artist's technique in the context of late 19th century French
Realism, as well as the methods used to create large-scale paintings
in the Salon tradition and the reuse of motifs in Dupre's paintings.
A conference or otherwise publishable paper is expected as a result
of the technical investigation.  In addition to the study and
treatment of the Dupre, the Fellow would be an active participant in
the department, attending to minor treatments of paintings going out
on loan, undertaking technical examination of other collection
paintings, as well as working in a supervisory capacity on projects
with our pre-program intern.

The Fine Arts Museums are comprised of the de Young Museum, which
exhibits its American, Modern and Contemporary, and AOA collections,
and the Legion of Honor, which houses the European and Graphic Arts
collections. The Paintings Conservation Department is located in a
spacious and well-equipped studio at the de Young.  In addition to
the three paintings conservators and one frame conservator in the
Department, the Fellow will regularly interact with the Museums
curators, registrars, technicians, and other staff.

The Kress award is $28,000 ($32,000 with employer costs) with a
supplemental travel stipend.  Fellowships are limited to graduates
of conservation programs in the U.S. and Canada, or to U.S. citizens
graduating from graduate-level conservation programs abroad.  A
successful candidate should have at least one additional year of
post-graduate experience for this Fellowship, and have a significant
interest in technical art history in addition to proven treatment
skills.

To apply, please send a letter of interest, a CV, three letters of
recommendation, one treatment report with images, and one additional
writing sample by June 15, 2012 to:

    Elise Effmann Clifford
    Interim Head of Paintings Conservation
    The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
    San Francisco, CA 94118

Please contact Elise with any questions at eeffmann<-at->famsf<.>org


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