Joyce Hill Stoner

Art Conservation

Phone: (302) 888-4888

Email: jhstoner@udel.edu

Office: 305 Old College

• Work focuses on the history of art conservation in the 20th Century.
• Possesses specialized knowledge of artist James McNeill Whistler's materials and techniques, as well as the Wyeth family of artists and their techniques.
• Actively treats paintings, to study the artist's techniques and intentions and, as necessary, remove discolored coatings and/or graffiti, mend tears, etc. and insure their future preservation. Stoner was the lead conservator treating Whistler's "Peacock Room" and supervised the treatment of an N.C. Wyeth mural in 1998.
• Currently coordinating a book on paintings conservation, due out in 2012.
• Portrait has been painted by Andrew Wyeth.

Title:
Ed/Eliz Goodman Rosenberg Professor, Art Conservation

In The News:
A rescuer of famous paintings steps into the light (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Huge N.C. Wyeth mural may be booted (USA Today)

UDaily Articles:
UD conservators to play key roles in global meeting to protect cultural treasures
Three new named professors appointed in Arts and Sciences
Maxfield Parrish panels return to Delaware for TLC

Keywords:
art conservation, James McNeill Whistler, Wyeth family