by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator
3/14/2024
CAMConservation, British portraiture, paintings conservation, Henry Raeburn, British catalog project, CAM British Painting catalog, CAM British Paintings
As paintings conservators, we may use chemicals, but we certainly don’t give facials.
by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator
7/5/2023
CAMConservation, paintings conservation, Thomas Barker, CAM British Painting catalog, CAM British Paintings
Another work recently conserved for the British catalog project, The Approaching Storm by English artist Thomas Barker (1769–1847), presented a challenge.
by Kristopher Reisser, Conservation Intern
6/8/2023
CAMConservation, paintings conservation, cam intern, mather brown, portrait, European Paintings
When I read the curatorial file for this painting, I discovered a remarkably expansive biography, not just of the painting itself, but also of the sitter and the artist. What is most interesting to me, though, is the sitter’s story.
by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator
2/16/2023
CAMConservation, paintings conservation, Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait, British catalog project, European Paintings
These three portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792) have come out of storage and into the conservation lab for the museum’s British catalog project . They are due to be examined, and perhaps treated, before heading to our photography department for high resolution imaging.
by Hou-mei Sung, Curator of East Asian Art
2/1/2022
Korean Tiger Painting, East Asian Art, Tiger and Cubs, Buddhist painting, chinese paintings, Joseon dynasty
As the king of beasts in China, the tiger is also one of the oldest and most meaningful animal subjects in Chinese painting. Here, the unidentified artist portrays a large tigress sitting under an old pine tree.
by Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings
12/24/2021
Christmas, The Property of L. A. Parrett, Henry Dousa, American Painting
The Property of L. A. Parrett is one of Dousa’s most elaborate paintings. It reveals details of life in the rural Midwest that surely delighted his successful clientele and seem to take us back in time.
by Trisha Brockmeyer & Geoff Edwards
8/6/2021
Paintings, Politics and the Monument’s Men: The Berlin Masterpieces, Monuments Men, Walter Farmer, Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives, Trisha Brockmeyer, Geoff Edwards, archives, Cincinnati history, World War II
Although perhaps best known for his wartime service, a new donation of papers and photographs to the Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives is helping to shed light on Walter Farmer’s life and work beyond the Monuments Men.
by Kaitlyn Sharo, Marketing & Communications Manager
12/18/2019
The Levee: A Photographer in the American South, Women Breaking Boundaries, “Something Over Something Else”: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series, Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850–1970, One Each: Still Lifes by Pissaro, Cézanne, Manet & Friends, Paintings, Politics and the Monument’s Men: The Berlin Masterpieces, Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal…
The Cincinnati Art Museum is open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Kick off 2020 with a visit to the museum and see special exhibition Treasures of the Spanish World before it closes on January 19.
by Caroline Shaver
6/19/2019
behind the scenes, Frank Duveneck, conservation, American Painting
Conservation preparation for the upcoming Duveneck exhibition (opening Fall 2020).
by Peter Jonathan Bell, Associate Curator of European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
7/13/2018
French Portraits, European Paintings, Curatorial Blog
About a month ago the Cincinnati Art Museum welcomed two new faces into our nineteenth-century European galleries – a girl with a song book in her lap and young man in uniform.
by Conservation
4/4/2018
behind the scenes, conservation, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French Painting, Painting
This portrait by French artist Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot has been on the blog before and now treatment of the painting and frame are finished.
by Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
3/21/2018
curatorial, Cincinnati history, Louis Charles Vogt, American Painting, Cincinnati artists
Posted by: Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
by Conservation
12/7/2017
behind the scenes, conservation, paintings conservation, European Painting & Sculpture, Zaragoza
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by Conservation
11/9/2017
behind the scenes, conservation, paintings conservation, European Painting & Sculpture, paintings
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by Conservation
8/17/2017
behind the scenes, conservation, paintings, paintings conservation, European Painting & Sculpture
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by Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
6/13/2017
curatorial, paintings, American Painting & Sculpture, Folk Art, Shared Legacy
Posted by: Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
by Conservation
5/25/2017
behind the scenes, conservation, paintings conservation, American Painting, Mary Cassatt
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by Conservation
6/9/2016
conservation, paintings conservation, behind the scenes, Zaragoza, altarpiece, retablo, European Painting & Sculpture
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by Conservation
4/14/2016
conservation on view, paintings conservation, altarpiece, retablo, painting, European Painting & Sculpture, Zaragoza
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by Julie Aronson
4/11/2016
curatorial, frames, Julie Aronson, American Painting & Sculpture, Frank Duveneck, Georgia O’Keeffe, Arts & Crafts
Posted by: Julie Aronson
by Conservation
2/18/2016
conservation, behind the scenes, Zaragoza, paintings, paintings conservation, European Painting & Sculpture
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by Conservation
12/10/2015
conservation, paintings conservation, paintings, Frank Duveneck, Cincinnati, American Painting & Sculpture, Cincinnati artists
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by Conservation
11/5/2015
conservation, behind the scenes, paintings, paintings conservation, dogs, Martin Quadal, European Painting & Sculpture
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by Conservation
10/7/2015
conservation, American Painting & Sculpture, behind the scenes, paintings conservation, paintings, John White Alexander, Venice
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by Shannon Karol
10/1/2015
learning & interpretation, Shannon Karol, Oktoberfest, Cincinnati history, Cincinnati, Germany, Sketching Sunday, in the galleries, American Painting & Sculpture, European Painting & Sculpture
Posted By: Shannon Karol
by Shannon Karol
9/2/2015
learning & interpretation, events & programs, Shannon Karol, education, Sketching Sunday, Cincinnati, American Painting & Sculpture, Cincinnati artists
Posted By: Shannon Karol
by Nicole Kroger
8/31/2015
in the galleries, interpretation, Northern Baroque Splendor, European Painting & Sculpture, food, feasts, Nicole Kroger
Posted By: Nicole Kroger
by Conservation
8/13/2015
conservation, behind the scenes, American Painting & Sculpture, Cincinnati, Cincinnati artists, Elizabeth Nourse, Frank Duveneck, paintings conservation
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by Shannon Karol
7/29/2015
learning & interpretation, Shannon Karol, Sketching Sunday, American Painting & Sculpture, in the galleries, events & programs
Posted By:Shannon Karol
by Becky Linhardt
7/26/2015
Art in Bloom, events & programs, Cincinnati, in the galleries, American Painting & Sculpture
Posted By: Becky Linhardt
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