6/23/2022
Now that the Murillo has been cleaned of varnish and retouching, it’s time to address its structural support, in other words, the canvas and stretcher.
5/26/2022
Cleaning of the very large painting by the Spanish artist, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, has begun.
4/28/2022
Our paintings conservator is readying another painting for our upcoming exhibition Henry Mosler Behind the Scenes: In Celebration of the Jewish Cincinnati Bicentennial.
3/31/2022
Conservation has begun on one of the tallest paintings in the museum.
3/3/2022
Conservation of the large still-life by an anonymous 17th century Neapolitan artist is finally finished.
2/3/2022
Here’s another close encounter in the paintings conservation studio that you would be unlikely to see in our galleries.
12/9/2021
Be sure to stop by Gallery 227 to see Still Life in Blue with Lemon after its visit to Conservation.
11/3/2021
No, it’s just the morning sun hitting our jars of dry pigments through the blinds, a brief exposure that does no harm.
10/8/2021
Conservators strive to ensure that their conservation treatments will preserve each artwork for numerous decades or, we hope, even longer.
9/9/2021
“Blossoms” has just received its new frame, so look for it to pop up on the wall of our American galleries in the near future.
8/11/2021
The large Neapolitan still-life is back — with a new look.
7/15/2021
Our paintings conservator has been working on this very large 17th century Neapolitan still-life.
6/16/2021
This upright trio recently encountered one another in the Paintings/Objects Conservation lab.
5/19/2021
Our painting conservator has been working on this very large 17th century Neapolitan still-life.
4/22/2021
These blossoms are being conserved just in time for spring.
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.