George W. Adams - Art Conservator

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"A self-trained engineer with a deep appreciation for art, Mr. Adams looked at the wall beneath the plaster and found deteriorating masonry in numerous areas. He designed a system to test the strength of the mortar and walls and to detect and digitally map defects without damaging the art, which is painted directly on the mortar, in the age-old style of frescoes. Then he invented a system to inject material that would shore up the walls...

...In 1988, he turned to conservation of fine art, forming a company with his wife. Together, they restored the Jules Guerin murals in the Lincoln Memorial, the Works Progress Administration paintings at the Departments of Justice and Interior, and murals at Fisk University in Nashville, for which they won a National Trust for Historic Preservation Award. " - Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, April 12, 2009

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