CRA Restauración

CRA Restoration

C.R.A. Conservación y Restauración de Arte is a firm of highly qualified professionals with many years of experience in the conservation and restoration of cultural property. Since 1991, the team at C.R.A. has worked closely with the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute (IAPH) on a number of important projects, including the study and conservation of the Flemish painting collection at the Royal Chapel of Granada and the restoration of the chapel’s main altarpiece. Additionally, the firm has handled several extremely important interventions for the archdiocese of Granada, as well as for different public administrations, institutions, museums and private collections. The working methodology at C.R.A. is based on a systematic historico-artistic, scientific and technological research process that draws on a thorough understanding of both the construction techniques involved and the causes and phenomena behind deterioration in different works of art. All of the interventions done at the C.R.A. workshop undergo rigorous quality control procedures at every step of the process and abide by international conservation standards. The goal of conservation- restoration interventions is not to transform the cultural property into a new object, but rather to guarantee and conserve the traces of the passage of time for future generations, always with the utmost respect for the artwork.

Most outstanding works

Painting

Restoration of Aparición de la Virgen a San Jacinto, oil on canvas, Pedro de Raxis. Granada Museum of Fine Arts, 1997/1998.

Restoration of San Juan de Capistrano y San Bernardino de Siena, Santa Clara de Asís y San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and San Pedro Bautista, promártir de Japón, Alonso Cano.Granada Museum of Fine Arts, 2001

Restoration of Cristo Eucarístico, panel painting, Alonso Cano, Granada Museum of Fine Arts, 2001-2002.

Polychromed sculpture

Restoration of La Santa Parentela, polychromed wooden sculptural group, Bernabé de Gaviria, 17th c. Royal Chapel of Granada, 2003-2004.

Restoration of La Dolorosa y Ecce Homo,polychromed wooden sculptures, José de Mora, 17th c. Royal Chapel of Granada, 2003-2004.

Restoration of San Juan de Capistranopolychromed wooden sculpture, Pedro de Mena, 17th c. Royal Chapel of Granada, 2004.

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José María Rodríguez-Acosta Márquez

B.A., Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Property, Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro, Florence. He holds a specialisation in the restoration of 15th and 16th century Flemish panel painting from the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique (IRPA) in Brussels.

As a scholarship recipient from the Ministry of Culture, Rodríguez-Acosta Márquez completed an advanced specialisation course in the restoration of 17th and 18th century Italian canvas paintings at the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR) in Rome.

He was a fellow at the Cesare Gnudi Foundation in Bologna and at the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.

Since 1992, Rodríguez-Acosta Márquez has done his most important work with the Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico or Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute (IAPH), collaborating on several important projects. These include the analysis and conservation of the Flemish painting collection at the Royal Chapel of Granada in collaboration with the Brussels Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique.

He has participated in the analysis and restoration of various projects involving canvas paintings for the Granada and Seville Fine Arts Museums. Since 1993, he has taken part in several intervention projects for the Royal Chapel of Granada, advising, monitoring and restoring several works in the collection.

In 2002, Rodríguez-Acosta Márquez participated in the seminar organised by The Getty Conservation Institute (Los Angeles) and the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute (Seville) in the workshop “Methodology for the Conservation of Polychromed Wooden Altarpieces”, presenting the case, “The Main Altarpiece of the Royal Chapel of Granada”.

He has also collaborated closely with the Gómez-Moreno Institute, where he restored numerous works from the collection including: Llanto sobre Cristo muerto, a panel painting by Hugo van Der Goes; Cristo en la Cruz, a panel painting by Francisco Pacheco; Santo Domingo in Soriano, an oil on canvas by Alonso Cano; as well as the carved, polychromed wooden sculptures San Diego de Alcalá and San Antonio de Padua con el Niño by Alonso Cano..

As part of his work at C.R.A. Conservación y Restauración de Arte, Rodríguez-Acosta Márquez has coordinated several restoration projects in Granada, including the intervention on the main altarpiece in the Royal Chapel of Granada, the restoration of the interior of the Basilica of our Lady of Sorrows, epigraphic friezes and interior walls in the Royal Chapel of Granada, the main altarpiece in the Church of Saint Mary of the Alhambra and the restoration of the interior of the Corpus Christi-Hospítalicos Church, among others.

Francisco Oliver Ruiz

B.F.A., with a specialisation in painting and sculpture restoration, Department of Fine Arts, Universidad de Granada.

Postgraduate doctoral work, Department of Fine Arts, Universidad de Granada.

Coursework and seminars, Universidad Antonio Machado, Jaen; the Department of Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the International Council of Museums, Valencia.

Oliver Ruiz collaborated on the restoration of several 16th century mural paintings and tile panels at the Monastery of San Isidoro del Campo in Santiponce, Seville. He also collaborated on the restoration of the mural paintings on the façade of the Miguel de Mañara Palace in Seville.

He has participated in several projects related to the study and restoration of canvas paintings for the Granada Museum of Fine Arts. Since 1992, he has collaborated on numerous conservation and restoration projects for different artworks in the collection at the Royal Chapel of Granada.

Oliver Ruiz has also collaborated on the restoration of several works from the Gómez-Moreno Institute collection, including: El silencio, a panel painting by an anonymous painter from the 16th century Italian school; Ecce Homo, a polychromed terracotta work by Gaspar Núñez Delgado; Santo Domingo in Soriano, an oil on canvas by Alonso Cano; and the carved polychromed sculptures San Diego de Alcalá and San Antonio de Padua con el Niño by Alonso Cano.

As part of his work at C.R.A. Conservación y Restauración de Arte, Oliver Ruiz has collaborated on several restoration projects in Granada, including the intervention on the main altarpiece in the Royal Chapel of Granada, the restoration of the interior of the Basilica of our Lady of Sorrows, epigraphic friezes and interior walls in the Royal Chapel of Granada, the main altarpiece in the Church of Saint Mary of the Alhambra and the restoration of the interior of the Corpus Christi-Hospítalicos Church, among others.