Practical Picture Restoration. This item is unavailable.Practical Picture Restoration

Practical Picture Restoration provides step-by-step instruction in cleaning, repairing, remounting, and reframing all types of pictures, from prints to watercolors to oil paintings. It also offers advice on how to tell if a painting may be valuable and provides an excellent overview of all considerations in picture restoration. Handsomely illustrated.

This book strives to appeal to a broad artistic audience (artists, dealers, museum personnel, and, yes, even conservators) by providing step-by-step instructions on doing a variety of repairs and restorative work. In addition, the author, an artist and professional restorer, has included solid information on such things as evaluating art work, relining canvases, in-painting, maintaining restored pieces, and dealing with clients once the work is complete. All types of two-dimensional artwork are covered, including oil and acrylic paintings, watercolors, pastels, and prints (but not photographs), with tips on how to distinguish one medium from another. Oldale claims to have restored hundreds of paintings, and despite some minor flaws--a few misprints and some oddly useless illustrations--he has produced a very good book on an underserved topic. Recommended for all specialized libraries as well as most public libraries.
-Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
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