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Working in Tandem with My Sister
Rocío Dávila Álvarez, Restorer, 1974-2015Working in Tandem with My Sister
Rocío Dávila Álvarez, Restorer, 1974-2015
On the one hand, it’s really good, because you have a great time; but, on the other, it’s difficult, because you have a certain conception of the work, you know what you want to do, and when you work with another person, even if it’s your sister, their way of seeing the work is different. So you have to reach a consensus for the restoration to go ahead, without any conflicting criteria. Agreeing on something like this is more difficult, but the truth is it’s all very pleasant. I’ve had a professional career in which I’ve really had a marvellous time.
She joined the Museo del Prado at a time when the Restoration Workshop was being reorganized, then becoming head of the same from 2003 to 2007.
Interview recorded on December 12, 2017
Interview index
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1974: The First Female Art Restorers -
An Article in ABC -
The Restoration Workshop in the 1970’s -
A Different Criterion for Restoration -
At the Service of the Artwork -
Working in Tandem with My Sister -
Don Xavier de Salas and don Alfonso Pérez Sánchez -
Knowledge Millimetre by Millimetre -
Two Cases: Christ Crucified and The Spinners by Velázquez -
Painters and Ways of Working -
The Prado Today and Yesteryear -
Celebrities at the Workshop: Buero Vallejo and Antonio López -
A Rich Legacy Built by All -
I Don’t Want to Be a Restorer When I Visit the Museum -
Patience and Observation
- Collective
- Restoration
- RDF
- RDF
Collective
Restoration
Rafael Alonso Alonso
Restorer, 1978-2016
José Manso Gómez
Textile and Panel Painting Conservator, 1953-1992
María Teresa Dávila Álvarez
Restorer, 1982-2013
George Bisacca
Restorer, 1985-What's on
Theme
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Voces del Prado