• After / Before of ‘Portrait of Thomas Wilson of Liverpool’ , attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence and dated 1867, and remains in the family of the sitter. The painting came to us in January this year in an exhausted, untouched state. The pigment had dehydrated, along with the canvas, and the latter had broken away from the tacking edge of the stretcher (swipe right for original image) - you can see a cleaning test which we undertook to detect the most sympathetic way to clean and conserve the painting. We were only able to partially clean the picture prior to lining it, since the pigment was so unstable in places. We saved the original stretcher and conserved the frame and rescued as much of the gilding as possible. We then inserted a narrow gilded slip to further fix the painting in place. Further research now ongoing to confirm the Lawrence attribution! #sirthomaslawrence #thomaslawrence #conservation #restoration #restorer #portrait #britishart #19thcentury #art #frame
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    After / Before of ‘Portrait of Thomas Wilson of Liverpool’ , attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence and dated 1867, and remains in the family of the sitter. The painting came to us in January this year in an exhausted, untouched state. The pigment had dehydrated, along with the canvas, and the latter had broken away from the tacking edge of the stretcher (swipe right for original image) - you can see a cleaning test which we undertook to detect the most sympathetic way to clean and conserve the painting. We were only able to partially clean the picture prior to lining it, since the pigment was so unstable in places. We saved the original stretcher and conserved the frame and rescued as much of the gilding as possible. We then inserted a narrow gilded slip to further fix the painting in place. Further research now ongoing to confirm the Lawrence attribution! #sirthomaslawrence #thomaslawrence #conservation #restoration #restorer #portrait #britishart #19thcentury #art #frame
  • This was our set up for a study day on the beauty, history and conservation of frames for the @theartssociety Betchworth, yesterday. What a pleasure it was to visit Betchworth and meet their art society members. Please see our website to see the next lecture/study day! #frames #historyofframes #conservation #frameconservation #artconservation #artconservationframers #arthistory #arthistoricalresearch #fineart #historyofframes #conservationofframes
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    This was our set up for a study day on the beauty, history and conservation of frames for the @theartssociety Betchworth, yesterday. What a pleasure it was to visit Betchworth and meet their art society members. Please see our website to see the next lecture/study day! #frames #historyofframes #conservation #frameconservation #artconservation #artconservationframers #arthistory #arthistoricalresearch #fineart #historyofframes #conservationofframes
  • 2020 brought us another interesting conservation project; this little oil, which was recently deaccessioned by a public collection, depicts an imaginative pastoral scene by Richard Wilson RA (1714-1782) and is in need of careful conservation. As a founding member of the Royal Academy of Art and one of the leading landscape painters of his generation, Wilson was known to heavily influence artists no less than Turner and Constable. We are thrilled to keep you updated on the progress of the conservation work. Please swipe to see the first stage of this process. 1. Cleaning halfway through. 2. The picture under UV light. 3. An old repair of a hole. #royalacademy #royalacademyofarts #landscapepainting #landscape #richardwilsonart #richardwilsonartist #pastoralscene #pastorallandscape #fineart #oilpainting #oilonpanelpainting #artconservation #artconservator #18thcenturyart #18thcenturypainting #constable #turner #britishart #britishartist #oldmasters #oldmasterpaintings #oldmasterpainting
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    2020 brought us another interesting conservation project; this little oil, which was recently deaccessioned by a public collection, depicts an imaginative pastoral scene by Richard Wilson RA (1714-1782) and is in need of careful conservation. As a founding member of the Royal Academy of Art and one of the leading landscape painters of his generation, Wilson was known to heavily influence artists no less than Turner and Constable. We are thrilled to keep you updated on the progress of the conservation work. Please swipe to see the first stage of this process. 1. Cleaning halfway through. 2. The picture under UV light. 3. An old repair of a hole. #royalacademy #royalacademyofarts #landscapepainting #landscape #richardwilsonart #richardwilsonartist #pastoralscene #pastorallandscape #fineart #oilpainting #oilonpanelpainting #artconservation #artconservator #18thcenturyart #18thcenturypainting #constable #turner #britishart #britishartist #oldmasters #oldmasterpaintings #oldmasterpainting
  • This picture just arrived in our studio for conservation of the painting and frame and research on the identification of artist and sitter. Keep watching our account for updates on the conservation and research process. This image shows our first step after taking a cleaning test (in the sitters cravat). #portrait #conservation #painting #paintingconservation #pictureconservation #fineart #frame #frameconservation #artconservationframers #sitter #britishart #arthistory #arthistoricalresearch #research
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    This picture just arrived in our studio for conservation of the painting and frame and research on the identification of artist and sitter. Keep watching our account for updates on the conservation and research process. This image shows our first step after taking a cleaning test (in the sitters cravat). #portrait #conservation #painting #paintingconservation #pictureconservation #fineart #frame #frameconservation #artconservationframers #sitter #britishart #arthistory #arthistoricalresearch #research
  • All of us at Julia Korner Fine Art would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a splendid New Year! We would like to celebrate with this picture from our collection; A Sardinian Landscape by Julian Trevelyan RA (1910-1988) in a ripple frame (from our studio), signed and dated ‘Trevelyan ‘55’ and inscribed as title on the stretcher (verso), oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in. (51 x 51cm.) For enquiries please do not hesitate to contact us via direct message or have a look at our website. #paintingconservation #Frame #Framing #fineart #Britishart #JulianTrevelyan #landscape #rippleframe #christmaswishes #RoyalAcademy #Royalacademist #painting #Britishmasters #Britishpainting #bespokeframe #mounting #Italianlandscape #BADA #Instituteofconservation #Britishartist
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    All of us at Julia Korner Fine Art would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a splendid New Year! We would like to celebrate with this picture from our collection; A Sardinian Landscape by Julian Trevelyan RA (1910-1988) in a ripple frame (from our studio), signed and dated ‘Trevelyan ‘55’ and inscribed as title on the stretcher (verso), oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in. (51 x 51cm.) For enquiries please do not hesitate to contact us via direct message or have a look at our website. #paintingconservation #Frame #Framing #fineart #Britishart #JulianTrevelyan #landscape #rippleframe #christmaswishes #RoyalAcademy #Royalacademist #painting #Britishmasters #Britishpainting #bespokeframe #mounting #Italianlandscape #BADA #Instituteofconservation #Britishartist