Baumgartner Restoration

I'm never all that shocked when a painting arrives at the studio for conservation- the conditions Ive seen have been wid...

Sometimes we approach a project with wild optimism in the face of what part of us, deep down knows will be more challeng...

Abandoned at an auction house in Chicago by a client wishing to sell it, but not wishing to invest in its conservation,...

As conservators our focus is to save the pieces that mean the most to us. We work tirelessly through adverse situations...

Though static objects that have no lives as we know them, artworks contain the potential to affect within us deep emotio...

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For some paintings the value is not in the image depicted or the artist's reputation. It is these special pieces that tr...

Abandoned and left to fade away, this portrait of a French aristocrat has surely seen better days. Torn, filthy and with...

It may seem silly to care about a copy of a masterwork, to invest in its conservation and care for it as if it were prec...

Carrying the burden of preservation on one's back can be a weighty proposition. But when something's lost, sure it can b...

In a slight departure, rather than fixing something, today I'll actually get to create something; a Dutch style Ripple f...

Neglected, mishandled and abused, this once dapper portrait has seen better days. But lying under the overpaint, the dam...

We were fortunate to receive two companion pieces in the studio and that afforded a unique opportunity to take two diffe...

We were fortunate to receive two companion pieces in the studio and that afforded a unique opportunity to take two diffe...

When we were kids we were promised flying cars, teleportation and of course, lasers. Who hasn't dreamt of blasting somet...