In this video the focus is the retouching process. Follow along as the losses and damage are reintegrated and the image comes together.
This painting arrived at the s...
2020-10-08 23:24:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago documents the process of removing a discolored natural resin varnish from a portrait of twin sisters.
Whil...
2020-10-08 23:23:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration conserves and restores a 150 year old painting of Mother Mary. Watch as the painting is stabilized, the tears mend...
2020-10-08 23:23:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video the focus is the retouching process. Follow along as the losses and damage are reintegrated and the image comes together.
This painting arrived at the s...
2020-10-08 23:22:32 +0000 UTC View Post
In this extend video the full process of conserving the frame from the video series "The Conservation of Guy Wiggins" is revealed. From removal of the old work, to the creation and gilding of...
2020-10-08 23:21:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 7: "Finally, the Frame"
After seeing the painting fully conserved the client was so delighted that the condition of the ...
2020-10-08 23:20:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 6: "The Last Mile"
In the sixth and final episode in the series, with all of the conservation work complete, attention i...
2020-10-08 23:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 5: "The Image as Centerpiece"
For the fifth episode in this series with the cleaning and structural work complete and th...
2020-10-08 23:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 4: "Becoming Whole Again"
For the fourth episode in the series the work shifts from removal to addition as materials and...
2020-10-08 23:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 3: "On Structural Issues"
For the third episode in this series we turn our attention away from the image and to the stru...
2020-10-08 23:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 2: "The Cleaning Process"
In the second episode, once all of the prep work has been completed the cleaning of the painting can comme...
2020-10-08 23:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The Conservation of Guy Wiggins Episode 1: "The Work Before The Work"
For the first episode in this series we take a look at all of the work required before any conse...
2020-10-08 23:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In this narrated extended-play video, Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration, the oldest and now second generation conservation studio in Chicago focuses on the conservation of a po...
2020-10-08 23:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In this narrated extended-play video, Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration, the oldest and now second generation conservation studio in Chicago focuses on the conservation of a po...
2020-10-08 23:14:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop that specia...
2020-10-08 23:13:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop that specia...
2020-10-08 23:12:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve this painting of the assassination of Archimedes. Obscured by a darkened varnish and mounted to a wood pane...
2020-10-08 23:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video, shot by Jack Brandtman of ChicagoAussie, Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to restore a portrait by Emma Gaggiotti.
The...
2020-10-08 23:10:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve this painting of the assassination of Archimedes. Obscured by a darkened varnish and mounted to a wood pane...
2020-10-08 23:10:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Everybody loves a big painting, in fact one of my professors once said that "big isn't better, it's just better." And he meant that even if the painting is banal and about something uninteres...
2020-10-08 23:09:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Well this doesn't look like a painting at all. But then again, it is decorated with paint just like every painting ever, and the support is wood just like the Mona Lisa, the most famous paint...
2020-10-08 23:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post
There are many issues a conservator may face when working on any given painting including old varnish and surface grime, lost paint and other superficial damage, past conservation or repair work an...
2020-10-08 23:07:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Henry Ranger was a New York painter known for his seascapes and marine scenes. He was a prominent Tonalist and founder of the Old Lyme Art Colony.
This painting of th...
2020-10-08 23:06:57 +0000 UTC View Post
For this video our subject is a painting by the American Master George Inness. This painting was executed during Inness' second sojourn to Italy in 1874 and is one of two paintings of similar...
2020-10-08 23:05:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This video departs from the normal offering of painting conservation and takes a look at the build process for one of the most important pieces of equipment in the modern conservation studio. ...
2020-10-08 23:04:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Every now and then a project comes into the studio that is so desperate for intervention that the scope of the work involved seems insurmountable. Yet those are just the types of projects con...
2020-10-08 23:03:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Every now and then a project comes into the studio that is so desperate for intervention that the scope of the work involved seems insurmountable. Yet those are just the types of projects con...
2020-10-08 23:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Viewers of these videos and others familiar with conservation of artworks will recognize that one of the most common refrains is "archival and reversible." Conservators hold that phrase sacre...
2020-10-08 23:02:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes a project comes along that is desperate for intervention but presents a unique set of problems and a very narrow path to success. These projects are without a doubt the most frustra...
2020-10-08 22:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post