Have you ever wondered how paintings from centuries ago are maintained and kept seemingly in pristine condition? Art conservators working at the museums are actually responsible for preserving and ensuring the quality and safety of the items being displayed or kept in the museum. In the video above, Carnegie Museum of Art's chief conservator Ellen Baxter shows us how restoration is done on paintings.
(Video credit: Carnegie Museum of Art)
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2 different women on the same canvas is amazing how different their faces look. I just don't know why people love to paint over another person's paintings. I am a painter and I prefer oils as my primary medium to work with and never in my wildest dreams would I consider altering another person's artistic creation. My parents had 2 small oil paintings that my grand parents received as a wedding gift. My mother inherited them after my grand parents passed away. Those paintings were the only things that I wanted from my parents as an inheritance. They knew this. One day my folks called to tell me that they decided that the paintings were very old and dark looking so my father decided to clean them. (OH, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!) He used paint thinner to "brighten" them up and then stored those 2 wet and sticky paintings in a plastic garbage bag to keep them from dripping onto the floor. To say I cried bitter tears is an understatement. Such a sad ending for 2 sweet and lovely little paintings ruined beyond saving.
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