O ateliê de conservação e restauro da Universidade Federal de Pelotas e suas ações preservacionistas.

Abstract

This study is the result of a research about the actions developed in the conservation and restoration atelier, which was created by the Federal University of Pelotas in 1982 to restore the paintings of an artist from Pelotas called Leopoldo Gotuzzo, and also create the Art Museum Leopoldo Gotuzzo (MALG) and its Pinacoteca. After the first stage, the atelier continued its activities until 1992, restoring the rest of the pictorial collection of the University, arising from the School of Fine Arts of Pelotas (EBA), consisting, at that time, by the private collections of João Gomes de Mello Filho and Faustino Trápaga, and by the paintings of former students and teachers of the EBA (currently named by MALG as the EBA collection). The actions that resulted in the creation of the Atelier, were supported by the value of the pictorial collection of UFPel, which consists of part of Pelotas and the region cultural history, and also by the concern on its conservation. In the present work was made a research on the creation of the atelier, the identification of which and how many paintings were restored by defining the materials and techniques used, and on its pioneer in restoration actions in the pictorial collections in Rio Grande do Sul. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, a research in the Museum of Art Leopoldo Gotuzzo (MALG) (holder of the documentation produced in the atelier files) was done. With the aim of filling in the gaps left by the documentation, were held interviews with people involved in conservation and restoration of the pictorial collection works.