La Salle University (La Salle University Art Museum)

The La Salle University Art Museum will hire two conservators to conduct a detailed conservation survey of 79 artworks that have been identified as high priority. Highlights of this group include Landscape with Pilgrims at a Grotto (1620) by important Flemish landscape painter Joos de Momper; the Surrealist painting Temptation of Saint Anthony (1945–46) by Dorothea Tanning; Study for Portrait of Neil Welliver (1964) by American figurative Pop artist Alex Katz; and studies by Benjamin West, the first American painter to be widely respected in Europe. This survey will specify the condition concerns and identify needed treatment for the artworks, providing the Museum Advisory Board and staff with information to help prioritize conservation needs so that these works can continue to serve as an educational resource and source of enjoyment for the La Salle community and the general public.