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Before and after: repairing water damage
Repairing water damage on a piece of hard board
A picture of an oil painting that had suffered because of moisture. Several paintings were stacked on top of each other and a deep crack appeared at the top of the painting. Probably a scratch at first and later moisture getting into that area, causing the fibers swell. I made the crack a bit wide, filled it in with gesso and that retouched all the damaged areas.
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Before and after: cleaning a painting
cleaning off decades of nicotine staining
A very soiled painting from 1955 that was covered in yellow smoke sooth. Details of the paintbrush strokes and subtle color differences were totally invisible until the piece was cleaned with home made cleaning gel as you can see applied on the right.
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Before and after: bouquet
Before and after photo of a cleaned oil painting by Leonora van Bijsterveld
An oil painting that looks ‘faded’. The lacquer cracked in minuscule pieces, causing the light to fracture, creating that washed out appearance. The problem could have been created when the oil painting did not dried long enough and applying lacquer too soon after the painting was made.
The problem was instantly fixed when the old lacquer was removed and a new layer was applied, resulting in a beautiful fresh looking painting.
Sold, Hulstein Antiques 2021
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Before and after: sunny garden by H. v. Bloem
I Cleaned this 19th century painting from the Dutch artist Bloem. This is the ‘After and before cleaning’ situation. I removed the old lacquer and applied a new protective layer of lacquer. Aside from cleaning this piece was in a great shape and did not need much work.
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Before and after: cleaning an early 19th century painting
The fractured lacquer of this 19th century painting was removed, damages were repaired and minor retouch work was done. More information is found here
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Before and after: Cleaning a 19th century painting
Cleaned oil painting 19th century, by H.W Eckhardt. Cleaned the yellow lacquer and made small repairs to the linen and frame.
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Before and after: oil painting by Alfred Jörg
Cleaning an oil painting 1930’s by Alfred Jörg. Removed the yellow lacquer and retouched minor damages.
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Before and after: pastel by E. Jeska
This pastel crayon drawing by Ed Jeska encountered some water damage resulting in tide lines.
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Before and after: painting M Schiestl
Cleaned this oil painting after Matheus Schiestl 1915. The canvas was cleaned with a solvent gel to reveal the original vibrant colors. It was quite the task because of the size of this painting.
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Before and after: woodcut print by Rol
“Cactus”, woodcut print on modern, pulp rich paper by Cornelis Rol, part of the 1931 “Verkade” Album “Cactussen”, page 61.
The paper was cleaned from acids and pressed several times because the black paint was thick and of a different elasticity then the paper which resulted in rippling.
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Before and after: Arie Jaarsveld
Cleaning a panoramic painting from smoke damage
An Arie Jaarsveld painting that I cleaned. It was cleaned from the yellow lacquer, and small damages were retouched.