by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator
2/15/2024
CAMConservation, Cezanne, paintings conservation, hidden paintings, X-ray, XRF macro-scan
Last month, three Northwestern scientists brought their highly specialized scanning and imaging equipment to the museum and spent a week in our Paintings/Objects lab.
by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator
12/7/2023
CAMConservation, paintings conservation, Weir, Twachtman, X-ray, hidden paintings
This small painting by American artist Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919) was donated to the museum by the artist in 1911.
by Cecile Mear, Conservator of Works on Paper
1/11/2023
paper conservation, yoshida hiroshi, color woodcut, CAMConservation
See these and other woodcut prints (including Himeji Castle in the Morning, a variation of the print seen here) by seven members of the talented Yoshida family spanning most of the twentieth century until April 9, 2023.
by Conservation
3/3/2022
CAMConservation, paintings, paintings conservation, hidden paintings
Conservation of the large still-life by an anonymous 17th century Neapolitan artist is finally finished.
by Conservation
8/11/2021
conservation, paintings conservation, neapolitan, still lifes, CAMConservation, inpainting, hidden paintings
The large Neapolitan still-life is back — with a new look.
by Conservation
7/15/2021
CAMConservation, paintings conservation, X-ray, X-raying_paintings, X-radiography, hidden paintings
Our paintings conservator has been working on this very large 17th century Neapolitan still-life.
by Conservation
5/19/2021
CAMConservation, paintings conservation, paintings, X-ray, X-radiography, X-raying_paintings, hidden paintings
Our painting conservator has been working on this very large 17th century Neapolitan still-life.
by Conservation
3/25/2021
X-ray, X-radiography, conservation, x-raying paintings, paintings conservation, hidden paintings, CAMConservation
Our paintings conservator is examining this very large still-life in preparation for cleaning it.
by Conservation
7/22/2020
objects conservation, lacquered box, hidden objects, conservation, behind the scenes, conservation internship
The objects conservation lab is happy to welcome summer intern Nicole Schmidt, a graduate student from the Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State in her third year of training.
by Conservation
3/5/2020
behind the scenes, conservation, objects conservation, lacquered chest, concealed objects, hidden objects
This week in objects conservation we open up the 19th C Lacquered chest.
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