A fundamental role of a museum is to care for its collection and preserve it for future generations. European drawings from the 1300s to the late 1800s, or old master drawings, are particularly vulnerable--they are on paper and hundreds of years old. A paper conservator must find the balance between maintaining the historical integrity of the...Read more
"What does it take to revive a masterwork?" Michael Gallagher on conserving Charles Le Brun's Everhard Jabach and His Family Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690). Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family, ca. 1660. Oil on canvas; 110 1/4 x 129 1/8 in. (280 x 328 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift...Read more
"We take you behind the scenes to get a glimpse of the painstaking work that goes into the conservation of the paintings in the National Trust's care at Nostell Priory. We follow the paintings as they are taken down from the Billiard Room and transported to the conservator's studio. We see some of the processes involved in cleaning, repairing and...Read more
Christina Meier: Schimmelpilze in ARchiven, Magazinen und Sammlungen - Erkennung, Gesundheitsgefährdung, Umgang mit kontaminierten Objekten und Prävention - 2006 (PDF)Read more
Latex, chocolate, soap, and video game software are just a few of the non-traditional materials that have inspired contemporary artists. While they embrace the modern, synthetic and technologically advanced world in which we live, some of materials present significant conservation problems for museum conservators. Gwynne Ryan, a conservator at the...Read more
1) Art Frames Conservation (Smithsonian American Art Museum) Frames conservators who work in this studio preserve and restore frames for display. All frames receive a technical examination before going on loan or on exhibit to assess surface condition, structural integrity and general appearance. The most common treatments include replicating...Read more
1) Fine Art Restoration: Surface Cleaning part.I First step of a painting cleaning: we start by removing dust and fat particles, deposited on the surface as a layer of dirt on the varnish layer. by Paviarestauro, YouTube 2009 2) Fine Art Restoration: Surface Cleaning part.II the second step of a painting cleaning: the oxidized varnish layer is...Read more
de: Tiefdruckverfahren Videos: 1) Identifying Prints How To Recognize Etchings + Engravings Art auctioneer Bruce Wood shows how to determine if a fine art print is an etching or an engraving. Etching and engraving were the two main techniques used for producing commercially made art prints from the 16th Century to the mid 19th Centuries. Now the...Read more
de: Lithografie, Flachdruckverfahren Videos: 1) Identifying Prints: How To Recognize Stone Lithography Art auctioneer Bruce Wood shows how to determine if a fine art print is a Stone Lithograph. Hand-drawn stone lithography dominated commercial printmaking techniques through the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Now the technique is a staple of fine...Read more
de: Hochdruckverfahren Videos: 1) Identifying Prints: How To Recognize Woodcuts + Linocuts Art auctioneer Bruce Wood shows how to determine if a fine art print is a hand made woodcut or linoleum cut. By Bruce Wood, YouTube 2015Read more
