paintings & frames

Painting conservation focuses on the treatment of most artworks with paint media applied to a two-dimensional surface or support. This includes works on canvas, linen, timber panel or other types of board, metal, glass, and more. Preservation Arts offers a range of expertise on paintings through all genres and periods, from icons and panel paintings, to old masters, 20th century modern, and contemporary paintings. The paintings team works with oils, tempera, acrylics, and mixed media and can address issues affecting the support, media, and varnish layers of a painting. Typical treatments include varnish removal, surface cleaning, consolidation, fills, stabilization, and inpainting, which are all performed with conservation-grade, reversible materials.

The paintings team also provides expertise in frame conservation and performs treatments for structural issues, consolidation, fills, inpainting, and gilding.