Background
Covey, Victor Charles Bamert was born on November 28, 1916 in Morehead City, North Carolina, United States. Son of Floyd E. and Wilhelmina (Bamert) Covey.
Covey, Victor Charles Bamert was born on November 28, 1916 in Morehead City, North Carolina, United States. Son of Floyd E. and Wilhelmina (Bamert) Covey.
Diploma, Baltimore City College, 1938. Student jewelry design and execution, Alvin Schmidt, jeweler, Baltimore, 1939. Student Russell Quandt painting conservation, Corcoran Gallery, 1959.
Student Institute du Patrimone de Artistique art, Brussels, 1963. Student New York University Conservation Center, 1968.
Master tool maker Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, Baltimore, 1940-1949. Art technician Baltimore Museum Art, 1949-1953, chief conservator of art, 1953-1972. Chief art conservation National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1972-1983, chief art conservation, emeritus-senior conservator for special projects, since 1983.
Former conservator Wurzburger Collections of Pre-Columbian African, Oceanic and Modern Sculpture, Baltimore Museum Art, 1954-1974, Collections of African sculpture and contemporary paintings Mr. and Mistress Robert Meyerhoff, Baltimore, 1954-1974, Doctor and Mistress Israel Rosen, Baltimore, Roland Gibson Art Foundation. Collaborator in testing Rhikon Corporation, Covey Solid-State Hygrometer invention., Cleveland, 1980-1983.
Member Northeast Community Organization, Baltimore, 1969-1972. Fellow American Institute for Conservation (board directors 1975-1976), International Institute Conservation. Member Washington Conservation Guild (president 1974-1975), National Conservation Advisory Council (vice president 1976-1977).
Married Lucia Elizabeth D'Antoni, August 11, 1941 (divorced 1980). Children: Victor Lance, Laurence Colt.