Conrad Schmitt Studios: theatre painting

art studio glass, renovation, buildings
decorative painting theater, paint, statuary, interiors, sculpture, dome
historic finishes restoration
cathedral restoration liturgical, interiors,
church decoration statuary

Conrad Schmitt Studios: Creation and restoration of decorative painting, stained glass, art glass, murals, mosaic, sculpture and statuary

stained glass creation paint, mosaic, Installations
church renovation conservation, interiors, decoration, sculpture, mural, glass, Specifications
Sacred Heart Cathedral preservation
stained glass replication preservation, decoration,
decorative painting marbleizing
stained glass studio interiors, art, liturgical, 1889

	Jeffrey Jacobs

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis, TN

To restore and renew the eclectic interior of the Spanish Colonial Revival church constructed in the 1930s, with decorative painting, mural conservation and a new apse mural.

The Cathedral had originally been decorated in the 1940s, and various artwork and decoration had been added to the worship space over the following sixty years. The result was an interior with an overall sense of confusion and disjointedness. To unify the decoration and artwork, a color palette and techniques that are appropriate for the period and context were selected.

CSS was commissioned to create the new apse mural, for which Murillo's uplifting Assumption of the Virgin was chosen as a model, while the two murals flanking the sanctuary were conserved by CSS to recapture their original appearance. The comprehensive restoration has returned beauty, order and unity to the Cathedral.

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