History Buzz reader Patricia Lee sent us this story about Caproni plaster casts:
Lynn Classical High has 3 sets of Caproni plasters. They were in terrible conditioned after they were moved from the old to the new school in 1999. The art teacher went to the company and they taught her how to restore them.
The first set of 4 were restored by her, 2 art students she had, and 2 husbands of teachers at the school. The next was 24 panels of Alexander's triumphal arrival in Babylon. The art teacher had died, but one of the men she taught and 2 retired teachers (I was one) spent the winter of 2015 restoring them. Finally, 2 years ago, we two retired teachers restored the last set of 2. All hang in the entranceway to the school. It was a labor of love.
There's a funny story that goes along with it. A Lynn Funeral Director, who is an alumnus of Lynn Classical arranged to have the plaster casts transported to the new school for refurbishing in a hearse. Sets 2 and 3 were then, later, brought to his Funeral Home and we did our work in the embalming room that was never in use.
History Buzz reader Patricia Lee sent us this story about Caproni plaster casts:
Lynn Classical High has 3 sets of Caproni plasters. They were in terrible conditioned after they were moved from the old to the new school in 1999. The art teacher went to the company and they taught her how to restore them.
The first set of 4 were restored by her, 2 art students she had, and 2 husbands of teachers at the school. The next was 24 panels of Alexander's triumphal arrival in Babylon. The art teacher had died, but one of the men she taught and 2 retired teachers (I was one) spent the winter of 2015 restoring them. Finally, 2 years ago, we two retired teachers restored the last set of 2. All hang in the entranceway to the school. It was a labor of love.
There's a funny story that goes along with it. A Lynn Funeral Director, who is an alumnus of Lynn Classical arranged to have the plaster casts transported to the new school for refurbishing in a hearse. Sets 2 and 3 were then, later, brought to his Funeral Home and we did our work in the embalming room that was never in use.
Amazing that we had such forward thinking members of our community. So glad Mr.Holt was one of them!