The retouching process is arguably the most fun and difficult part of any conservation. While it’s exciting to literally reassemble the image and make the damage disappear, it’s also the thing that the viewer will see first. All of the structural work is hidden and often behind the image yet the image itself is the whole point. If the retouching isn’t spot-on then no amount of other work will matter to the viewer. This painting of a canal had a pretty nasty compound tear and required a lining to
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Retouching. The best and worst part of conservation. When everything is going well it’s an amazing feeling and time stands still. When it’s not going well, it’s miserable and never seems to end. This painting had two large tears in pretty important places and after addressing the structural issues the retouching focused on reintegrating the image. This one was challenging, delicate and exciting. With so much of the figure missing it’s harder to make the damage disappear but that challenge is wha
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It’s always an exciting time when the varnish comes off a painting. Over the course of a painting’s life the varnish can deteriorate. Through exposure to air and light the once clear layer of natural resin can turn yellow, brown or even gray. This change begins almost instantly but at a very slow pace such that the daily viewer of a given painting may never notice. Yet once we begin to remove the varnish, wow, what a difference. It strikes me as a fundamental misunderstanding of the artistic pro
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One of the hardest things about being a conservator is running into situations where bad, inappropriate or excessive work has been executed in a place, or on a painting where it isn’t required or needed. I find myself spending more and more time cleaning up and undoing other people’s messes these days and, while I don’t necessarily mind because it’s my job and I know I can affect a positive change, it’s kind of heartbreaking that somebody paid for this work when it was just terrible and that the
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An oldie but goodie. It often seems like there’s a debate about what retouching method to use to achieve the best results. There are many different approaches in many different theories about how much the conservator should retouch and in what manner. Ultimately however the final decision must be made in accord with the client’s wishes. That is, if the client wishes the image to be unified and the conservator chooses a method of retouching that does anything short of that, it would be considered
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