Tuesday, January 21st 2025

Conservation of Edward Mitchell Bannister Paintings with Gwen Manthey

Hear Gwen Manthey, Paintings Conservator, Smithsonian American Art Museum, speak about her research related to the conservation of Edward Mitchell Bannister’s paintings and the artist’s practice. // Gwen Manthey is Paintings Conservator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s visible Lunder Conservation Center, and assists with SI-wide initiatives, including the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative’s joint efforts with FEMA and Blue Shield, when possible. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, she was at the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, MD), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA), and the Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA), and has maintained a private practice since 2013. She has been studying the paintings of Bannister in earnest for five years, which was transferred to SAAM’s collection after the incorporation of the Frederick Douglas Institute into the Smithsonian Institution as the National Museum of African Art.