Park Slope
Brooklyn, New York
Conservation & Restoration of Fine Art & Historic Works on Paper in New York
Resumé - Jonathan P. Derow
Work Experience:
July 94 - Present: President, J D Conservation, Inc.
• Treating works of art and documents on paper for museums, galleries, dealers, and private collectors
• Providing conservation examination & treatment, environmental planning, storage design, matting & framing, and general consultation services
• Fully equipped studio: stereo microscope, vacuum suction table, light table, fume extractor, 4' x 8' washing tank, central station alarm system
Sept 93 - July 94: Project Paper Conservator, The Brooklyn Museum of Art
Sept 92 - Sept 93: Getty Grant Program Intern, The Brooklyn Museum of Art
Sept 91 - Sept 92: NEA Master Apprenticeship Intern, The Brooklyn Museum of Art
Summer '88: Intern, Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Fogg Art Museum
Education:
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic/Gateshead Technical College, Class of 1991
Master of Arts Degree in Conservation of Works of Art on Paper, Graduated first in class
Dissertation title: "The conservation of Dover, accessioned as an early watercolour by J.M.W.Turner, R.A., with a critical analysis of the attribution, a discussion of the historical context, and an analysis of the media an support with a review of current research into Turner's works on paper."
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Class of 1988
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History, Graduated Magna cum Laude with highest honors Summa cum Laude thesis grade and Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for "Thomas Gainsborough's Varnished Watercolor Technique"
Publications:
Derow, Jonathan P., "Immendorf's 'Café Deutschland Gut': Consolidation with Klucel G and the Engelbrecht Radiant Heat Source" The Book and Paper Group Annual 12 (1993), 8-11.
Derow, Jonathan P., Brian W. Singer, and Derek J. Gardiner, "Analysis of Pigments from Watercolors by Raman Microscopy" The Paper Conservator 17 (1993), 13-19.
AIC-BPG. Paper Conservation Catalog - 13. Foxing. 8th Edition. Washington, DC: AIC-BPG, March 1992. (Compiled by Antoinette Owen and Jonathan P. Derow)
Derow, Jonathan P., "Thomas Gainsborough's Varnished Watercolor Technique" Master Drawings 26:3 (1989), 259-71.
Papers:
"Immendorf's 'Café Deutschland Gut': Consolidation with Klucel G and the Engelbrecht Radiant Heat Source" Presented at the annual conference of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Denver, June 5, 1993.
"Raman Microscopy: Analysis of White Watercolor Pigments" Presented at the annual Conservation Students' Symposium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, March 18, 1991.
Singer, Brian W., Derek J. Gardiner, and Jonathan P. Derow, "Analysis of Pigments by Raman Microscopy" Presented at the Third International Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Microanalytical Methods and Environmental Evaluation for Study and Conservation of Works of Art, Viterbo, Italy, October 4, 1992.
Conferences:
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works annual conference, Denver, 1993
19th Annual Conference of the Graduate Training Programs in North America, Buffalo, 1993
The Institute of Paper Conservation Manchester Conference 1992
Conservation Students' Symposium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1991
Courses:
Repair of Tears & Losses in Paper Emphasizing Pulping; Futernick, Walsh and Crusius, Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, September 15-19, 1992.