Műtárgyvédelem, 2006 (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum)
Összefoglalók
SUMMARIES Knight Sebestyén Endrődi (Junga) András Morgós Sebestyén Endrődi was one of the significant restorer personalities of the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, the central problem of the conservation and the restoration of wooden objects of art was to conserve medieval winged altar- pieces and stop their decay. The main task was the reconsolidation of statues chewed by insects. The materials used for consolidation at that time caused a series of unwanted effects. Treatments using watery solutions (e.g. animal glue solutions) deteriorated the painting of the statues, they dissolved the gluey ground and led to the flaking of the paint layer. Heating was usually necessary at the use of consolidating agents of non-watery bases. In such cases (e.g. cooking in drying linseed oil or treatment with hot paraffin) deterioration and by- effects could also be observed. At that time, Sebestyén Endrődi introduced a consolidating method of non-watery base, which used impregnation at a relatively low temperature. Endrődi’s modern observation was that painted wooden sculptures and altarpieces must not be impregnated with watery solutions, he excluded animal glue, which could be a breeding ground for insects and fungi, and replaced it with a neutral material the paraffin, which he improved with adding Japanese wax. His treatment was not really revolutionary but certainly progressive in his period. Fairly little is known of Endrődi’s activity and personality. Sebestyén Junga (Endrődi from 1900) was born in Arad on February 17, 1862. His father was appointed the emperor’s consul in Mexico. Endrődi studied in the Commercial Marine Academy in Raguza. As lieutenant of the commercial fleet, he sailed all over the world, visited many countries in Europe, sailed along the northern coast of Africa, at the Cape Verde, Anatolia, Judea, the islands of the West Indies and the western coast of Northern America. His career encompassed three fields: military, pictorial and restoration (according to the data from 1903). We have found only a few data about the painter. It is a fact that he won one of the honorary diplomas with his oil painting at the millenary exhibition in 1896. After his retirement from the army, he developed and patented his consolidation method and tried to make his living by restoring wooden sculptures and panel paintings. His method brought him a nationwide fame in wood restoration. He consolidated and restored numerous statues and wooden works of art for the Hungarian National Museum, the northern upper part of the country (Mosócz, Pozsonyszentgyörgy, Lőcse, Bártfa etc.) and Kolozsvár in his workshop in 179
