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IVAN VALTCHEV, ART CONSERVATOR AND RESTORER
469 W 57 STREET, SUITE 1E
NEW YORK NY 10019
TEL.212 757 0096
E-MAIL VODITEL@MSN.COM
EDUCATION:
Professional Diploma in School Supervision and Administration.
Fordahm University, New York, USA
MFA Royal Academy Stockholm
BA, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Conservation and Restoration study at the University of Copernicus, Poland
Sculpture and Stone Conservation, Museum Archive studies at the Academy of
Fine Arts, Warsaw. Poland
EXPERIENCE WITH MAJOR INSTITUITIONS
Employment Gustav Berger studio, NYC
Employment and internship at the Musee du Louvre, Paris , France
Employment at the Royal Archives, Stockholm, Sweden
Employment at the City Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Employment at the National Museum Stockholm, Sweden
Employment and internship at the Department of Art Materials, Royal
Academy, Stockholm.
RESTORATIONS OF MAJOR COLLECTIONS;
Participation in the restoration of the Campana collection at the Musee Du Louvre
Restorer of the Marjorie Weather –Post Collection, Washington DC 1971-75
The largest collection of icons and Russian Tzar’s paintings in America.
NATIONAL PROJECTS SWEDEN:
Part of team restoring the Oldest church murals in Scandinavia ( County of Engso)
Sweden
NATIONAL PROJECTS FRANCE:
Working on the Campana Collection, Musee du Louvre, Paris France.
NATIONAL PROJECTS US:
Restoration of 9,000 square feet exterior murals ( sgraffito) on walls of Washington
Hotel, Washington. DC, facing the White House.
Recreation of the 25’X 75” obliterated murals at the New Amsterdam Theatre, the one
of the kind Art Nouveau project on the East Coast.
Restoration of Bas –Reliefs in Harry Truman Government Center, Key West, Florida
SPECIALIZING IN:
Fine paintings, Old Masters, Modern Masters, cleaning, variety of varnishing techniques, relining, transfer to new support.
Wall murals –exterior, interior,
Sculpture and statuary restoration, marble, wood, cast stone. Have carved stone in Carrara, Italy.
Bronze statuary, versed in all phases of mold making, wax preparing, cold chiseling,
Patination. Cast several large bronzes.
VERSED
In all modern media and complying with the US restoration techniques.
PERSONAL ART WORK: In the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC
REFERENCES FROM MAJOR MUSEUMS AND MAJOR PROJECTS AVAILABLE AT REQUEST.