1) Fine Art Restoration Traditional Lining. the paint, previously glued on wood panel, presented a long vertical cleavage, regarding both the paint layer and the oxidized textile support. Traditional lining with "colla di pasta" was the best choice for many different reason. By Paviarestauro, YouTube 2009 2) The lining of a 17th century portrait...Read more
Restoring A 200 Year Old Oil Painting Portrait: Oil Painting Restoration Blog #4 Antique oil painting portraits often have a history of restoration and repairs. This circa 1810 portrait had severe damage in the past, and at least one major restoration to repair a large section of lost canvas. Oil painting conservator Bruce Wood describes what he...Read more
Restoring A 200 Year Old Oil Painting Portrait: Oil Painting Restoration Blog #4 Antique oil painting portraits often have a history of restoration and repairs. This circa 1810 portrait had severe damage in the past, and at least one major restoration to repair a large section of lost canvas. Oil painting conservator Bruce Wood describes what he...Read more
Oil Painting Restoration Blog 3: Adventure Oil Painting restorer Bruce Wood shows how cleaning and restoring a portrait of Massachusetts Governor John Clifford (1853) led to an unexpected art Historical adventure. For more info on Bruce Wood and his oil painting restorations visit http://www.CleanOilPaintings.com and his blog at the address above...Read more
Polly Smith, Senior Conservator at Glasgow Museums talks us through the processes involved in restoring and conserving one of the world's most iconic paintings. Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross was vandalised in 1961. It was restored and back on show only months later. By Glasgow Museums, YouTube 2011Read more
See a restoration in action. Wolf Huber's 'Christ taking leave of his Mother', a 16th-century painting, had been badly damaged. Watch the panels get joined carefully back together and the final retouching of losses of paint - with James Heard, National Gallery Education. By The National Gallery, YouTube 2010Read more
1) fine art restoration: retouching a defective area part I the mimetical integration of a defective area on a XVII century oil paint, using removable varnish colours by Paviarestauro, YouTube 2009 2) fine art restoration: retouching a defective area part II the mimetical integration of a defective area on a XVII century oil paint, using removable...Read more
Filmed over 18 months, this is the story behind the restoration of Mark Rothko's 'Black on Maroon'. Mark Rothko's 'Black on Maroon' 1958 goes back on public view at Tate Modern on 13 May 2014, following 18 months of intensive work by the Conservation team and colleagues across Tate. The painting, one of the iconic Seagram murals which Rothko...Read more
Artist Melissa Weinman demonstrates how to adhere primed linen to wood panel using BEVA 371 film and a household iron. BEVA 371 film is conservator's adhesive and is reversible. By Melissa Weinman, YouTube 2015Read more
http://www.cleanoilpaintings.com Oil painting conservator Bruce Wood explains the processes needed to restore a 19th Century oil painting of sheep by Rosa Bonheur. Lining, cleaning and patching the oil painting canvas are shown with commentary. Clean Oil Paintings is located at The Woodshed Gallery in Franklin Massachusetts http://www...Read more
