Job Posting: Assistant Paintings Conservator – Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, Tx)

The Kimbell Art Museum seeks an Assistant Paintings Conservator to care for a collection of European paintings (1300 – 1946) that rivals in quality and scope, although not size, the most prestigious art museums in North America and a comprehensive collection of masterworks of American paintings (1800 -1964) of the neighboring Amon Carter Museum of American Art, with an opportunity to work on important paintings from other public collections.  Completion of a conservation graduate program or comparable training with at least one additional year of professional experience is required.
Responsibilities include care, examination, and treatment of European and American paintings, working closely with the director of conservation and the curatorial staffs of both museums. Applicant should demonstrate both visual and technical understanding of paintings, sound judgment, and skills in treatments. Ability to clearly present conservation material in a variety of media (public lectures, museum website, written essays and exhibition installations) is desirable. Interest in technical imaging using X-radiography, IRR and Adobe Photoshop, and having a working knowledge of XRF, is an advantage. Understanding of the care of museum collections is important, with duties to include assisting with condition checks for active loan and exhibition programs and undertaking courier trips.
Facilities include a beautiful, well-equipped studio designed by Louis Kahn in the Kimbell Art Museum, one of the most distinguished museum structures erected in recent times, and an excellent conservation library. In late 2013, the Kimbell expanded with the completion of a new exhibition pavilion designed by Renzo Piano, which includes a research library, education center and 300-seat auditorium. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, also completed a major expansion and recent renovation. In addition to its extensive holdings of paintings of the American West, the museum surveys the development of American art from post-colonial times through the first half of the twentieth century, featuring works by Homer, Eakins, Cole, Heade, Harnett, Peto, Sargent, Eastman Johnson, Cassatt, O’Keefe, Hartley, and Stuart Davis. Both museums offer a full program of loan exhibitions, publications, and educational services to the greater Fort Worth/Dallas metropolitan community.
Salary and title commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Start fall 2015 or by mutual agreement.  Letter of application together with résumé should be sent to: Kimbell Art Museum, Human Resources, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107.  For information call Claire Barry, Director of Conservation, at (817) 332-8451.