Killing one painting at a time
An oil painting by Franz Zoller (1748-1829) was brought to us for examination As can be seen from the above photograph, this is a characteristic nature painting, the problem with the painting is that several years ago it was “restored” unprofessionally, causing irreversible damage. The normal restoration process should be as follows: documentation (recording the […]
What is the value of conservation?
One of the most important contemporary issues facing conservators is the effect of the economic crisis and cost cutting on conservation as a whole. AIC members must continually defend their work and answer questions posed by funding agencies and sponsors, local, state, and national governments, the general public, and even many museums themselves. One of […]
Resolution 7: Clarification of Conservation Terminology
Conservation – all measures and actions aimed at safeguarding tangible cultural heritage while ensuring its accessibility to present and future generations. Conservation embraces preventive conservation, remedial conservation and restoration. All measures and actions should respect the significance and the physical properties of the cultural heritage item. – Preventive conservation – all measures and actions aimed […]
AI -Is that worth something?
Well, so I decided to check the hottest topic myself in the area that I understand a bit. I asked CHAT GPT today to write a post on “restoration of oil painting”. I wanted to see, how real it is, what is its content reliability and its logic (the AI’s). And here it is, quite […]
Lithographs and prints solely for the wealthy!
Do you think that lithographs constitute art for the poor?In the Israeli art market (yes there really is such a market, exactly like the Mahane Yehuda fruit and vegetable market), I sometimes hear statements such as:“Lithographs? Why on earth would I buy a lithograph?”“Who would think of buying a ‘litho’,they are valueless”“And how would I […]
Who cares what happens after I go
Through hundreds of years of recorded creative art, painters were very careful to ensure the technical facet of their work, because they recognized that this would prevent rapid deterioration of the quality of their works. Many art restorers can testify that it is easier to cope with the restoration of a classical oil painting that […]
Kill the Messenger
The following is a quotation from the article “Kill the Messenger” written and publicized by the publicist Yehuda Drori on 5th January 2003 “In the ancient world when a messenger brought bad news to the king, he would be killed. This practice was well-known not only in Babylon, Persia and the Mediterranean basin region but […]
To varnish or not to varnish – that’s the question
The varnish – a type of coating (lacquer) is used to protect oil paintings and paintings in other techniques. Almost no one who would envisage hanging an aquarelle painting in their home without accommodating it safely behind glass; but for some reason, when an oil painting is the subject of discussion, many people have reservations […]
What does the Mona Lisa have in common with great-grandmamma?
If you have been lucky enough to obtain an original Mona Lisa or you have a precious antique photograph of your beloved great-grandma, you will certainly not want this emotionally or financially valuable article to lose its value because of a lack of correct treatment. I have two messages (as conventional one is good and […]
