Marvin Hayes (painter)

Since June 1963, Marvin Hayes has been affiliated as a volunteer with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, working in the Education, Drawings and Prints, Media and Objects Conservation Departments. He first used his skill as a typist and knowledge of offset printing, typesetting and book layout to help design many of the books and catalogs at the Metropolitan Museum including the three major catalogs for the Italian Renaissance 15th to 18th Century Drawings catalogs under Jacob Bean. When computers became available, he taught the other workers at the Metropolitan how to use them.

Since June 1963, Marvin Hayes has been affiliated as a volunteer with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, working in the Education, Drawings and Prints, Media and Objects Conservation Departments. He first used his skill as a typist and knowledge of offset printing, typesetting and book layout to help design many of the books and catalogs at the Metropolitan Museum including the three major catalogs for the Italian Renaissance 15th to 18th Century Drawings catalogs under Jacob Bean. When computers became available, he taught the other workers at the Metropolitan how to use them.

In 1999, Marvin and Antoine Wilmering created a 360⁰ virtual reality picture of the Gubbio Studiolo on a DVD to go with the magnificent two volume publication by Antoine Wilmering and Olga Raggio – one about the restoration and the other about its history. Antoine Wilmering is a world class wood conservator who now works for the Getty Museum.

In 1999, Marvin and Antoine Wilmering created a 360⁰ virtual reality picture of the Gubbio Studiolo on a DVD to go with the two volume publication by Antoine Wilmering and Olga Raggio – one volume is about the restoration while the other is about its history. Wilmering now works as wood conservator for the Getty Museum.

Hayes has worked on many shows at the Metropolitan Museum. For several years, he recorded instances when the staff of the Metropolitan were interviewed on television including the Director Philippe de Montebello's Sunday show on PBS and made DVDs for the Watson Library at the Metropolitan. Marvin helped curator Wolfram Koeppe and devised a way to show the furniture of David and Abraham Roentgen which is beautiful wood inlay marquetry with secret compartments, sliding panels, rolltop desks, clocks, thermostats, and in some cases opened like beautiful butterflies. The viewers were able to see actual videos of the pieces being opened and displayed showing all of its secret compartments and sliding panels and mechanical inner workings. A video clip from the 2012 show of the Berlin cabinet went viral on YouTube with over thirteen million hits (Now at 11/22/2016) Use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKikHxKeodA

Hayes has worked on many shows at the Metropolitan Museum. For several years, he recorded instances when the staff of the Metropolitan were interviewed on television including the Director Philippe de Montebello's Sunday show on PBS and made DVDs for the Watson Library at the Metropolitan. Marvin helped curator Wolfram Koeppe and devised a way to show the furniture of David and Abraham Roentgen which is beautiful wood inlay marquetry with secret compartments, sliding panels, rolltop desks, clocks, thermostats, and in some cases opened like beautiful butterflies. The viewers were able to see actual videos of the pieces being opened and displayed showing all of its secret compartments and sliding panels and mechanical inner workings. A video clip from the 2012 show of the Berlin cabinet went viral on YouTube with over thirteen million hits (Now at 11/22/2016) Use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKikHxKeodA