Inpainting Projects
In between working on my main tearmending project, I also helped complete treatments for a large Impressionist traveling show through some final inpainting. See select images below of View from Hisøya Near Arendal and Open Seas. (Scroll to bottom for x-radiography section)
View from Hisøya Near Arendal, After Treatment
View from Hisøya Near Arendal
Artist: Edvard Munch
Title: View from Hisøya Near Arendal
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Date: 1886
There were small loses throughout the composition, with larger losses along the bottom edge that peeked out the edge of the frame. There was minor discoloration in sections that required corrective retouching. I used Gamblin Conservation colors and isopropanol to inpaint.
Bottom proper left edge losses, before inpainting
Bottom proper left edge losses, after inpainting
Bottom proper right dark discoloration, before corrective retouching
Bottom proper right dark discoloration, after corrective retouching
Inpainting View from Hisøya Near Arendal (PC: Laura Hartman)
Open Sea, During Treatment, before inpainting
Open Sea
Artist: Eugène–Louis Boudin
Title: Open Seas
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Date: 1889
There were small loses throughout the composition with large scratches along the edges, especially on the proper right edge. I used Gamblin Conservation colors and isopropanol to inpaint.
Center of proper right side before inpainting
Full proper right side after majority of inpainting
Bottom of proper right side before inpainting
Bottom proper right losses, before inpainting
Bottom proper right losses, after inpainting
Inpainting Open Seas (PC: Laura Hartman)
X-radiography
The DMA had a fully digital x-ray set up, which was to my advantage for capturing x-rays for multiple paintings in a span of two days. Below you can view all the x-rays I either assisted with or took entirely on my own with some added context. Click on the images to see them full size.
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Trinity Crowning the Virgin, 18th-century
This x-ray was part of my treatment as a part of the technical analysis to better understand the structure of this painting. With this painting being all but untouched we wanted to have very thorough documentation.
Self Portrait with her Hair Loose by Frida Kahlo, 1947
This painting is from a private owner that requested technical examination.
Madonna and Child
This painting had come out of storage and the curators wanted more information as it was an odd piece that had some odd choices for the suggested time period. With close examination and this x-ray we found it was a pastiche. The figures have been cut out of a canvas painting and adhered onto the current board and overpainted to hide the bird on the Madonna’s hand.,
This panel painting has been thinned down and adhered to an aluminum board. We wanted to better understand the structure, but it was difficult to asses with the aluminum board so an x-ray was taken to help elucidate it’s condition.
The Last Supper, Swabian School, c. 1530
Madonna and Child, 18th-century
This painting is part of the same large gift that provided Trinity Crowing the Virgin. This is one of Laura’s treatments. The clips seen around the painting are holding it tensioned to a working stretcher. Similar goal of thorough documentation and technical information were the reason behind the x-ray.
The Water Lily Pond (Clouds), Claude Monet, 1903
This Monet is part of the traveling impressionist show put together by the DMA. We wanted to see if there were any compositional changes that could be seen on an x-ray. There are small tweaks here an there but nothing out of the ordinary - although the lively brushstrokes do make the x-ray difficult to read.