Restore Your Energy By Watching This Conservator Restore Old Paintings

Thanks to Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration, you’ll soon feel like an expert in fine art restoration. You’ll start telling your friends, “I prefer steel tacks to staples in the art restoration process,” a thought that has never crossed your mind until now.

From a painting glued haphazardly on wood backing to a stunning but crumbling portrait of Ave Maria nestled behind closed doors, each portrait and restoration has a personality of its own. Combined with Baumgartner’s steady hands and experienced, detailed narration, you’ll get a much needed breather and feel like you’re in his  brightly lit, well-organized workspace yourself.

If you find yourself hooked, you can also follow the restoration studio on Instagram to get even more peeks into the process, complete with all the ambient relaxing sounds you need.

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Sometimes a bit of elbow grease is needed. Once the polyurethane has been softened it becomes gooey and sticky and the only way to remove it is to rub it and allow the small bits to help lift up other bits and so on. There’s nothing fun or exciting about this and it involves some very nasty chemicals, respirators, active ventilation and lots of callouses. So for every glamorous and exciting project there’s one like this. . . . #artrestoration #artconservation #restoration #conservation #art #fineart #painting #canvas #oilpaint #chicago #paintingconservation #arthistory #paintingrestoration #bfar

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