Kress–Mario Modestini Fellowship

The Samuel H. Kress Program in Painting Conservation

The Kress Program in Paintings Conservation was established in 1989 to instill a sensitive aesthetic approach and perpetuate a time-tested pedagogical method for the next generation of Old Master painting conservators and to undertake the conservation treatment and long-term preservation of approximately one thousand paintings in the dispersed Kress Collection, principally located in eighteen museums and twenty-three study collections across the United States. The Fellowship is named for Mario Modestini, the longtime conservator and curator of the Kress Collection and one of the great painting restorers of the twentieth century.

Position Description

The Kress–Mario Modestini Fellowship is meant to provide sustained practical experience to recent masters-level graduates of art conservation training programs who are interested in the treatment of Old Master paintings. Working with Conservation Center facu...