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2/25/2021
Our paintings conservator has started to clean the varnish from this painting by Edmund Tarbell.
1/28/2021
This life size painting by 19th century American artist, Thomas Satterwhite Noble, is a recent acquisition.
11/12/2020
A heavy layer of grime covered the surface of the thin wood panel and the remains of paint.
10/15/2020
While the paintings conservation studio is under renovation, we thought you might like a look at an example of the choices that conservators can face.
8/13/2020
Conservation of “The Swing” by Nicolas Lancret is moving along.
7/16/2020
These days, our paintings conservator is working on a painting that, as you can see, is long overdue for cleaning.
5/21/2020
Here’s a conservation treatment that has continued during the stay-at-home period for our paintings conservator.
4/23/2020
When this landscape by Pierre Bonnard went out on loan to another museum a few years ago, our paintings conservator only had time to surface-clean it, to remove the dust and grime that was on the surface.
3/26/2020
This painting is a nineteenth century American landscape that has suffered multiple tears in the course of its lifetime, probably due to the poor quality of the canvas.
2/27/2020
This beautiful landscape by Impressionist Alfred Sisley was recently being cleaned of its varnish by our paintings conservator.
1/30/2020
One of the perks of being a conservator is of course spending many hours up-close-and-personal with great art.
12/12/2019
Conservation of this painting on wood panel by the Dewing husband-and-wife team was undertaken because the retouching on the painting had discolored.
11/8/2019
This tall narrow painting by a husband-and-wife pair is in the paintings conservation studio for removal of varnish and discolored retouching.
10/10/2019
Our paintings conservator has been cleaning this idyllic view of the Seine for the past few days.
9/12/2019
Conservation for the upcoming Duveneck exhibition continues apace.
8/15/2019
Sometimes a painting can make its feelings known.
3/28/2019
In the course of examining this early 20th century painting by American Impressionist Walter Schofield, our paintings conservator noticed a curious thing.
2/12/2018
Our masterpiece by Bernardo Strozzi, David with the Head of Goliath, is currently being conserved.
7/20/2017
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