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Lining Large Paintings Highlighted by American Institute for the Conservation of historic and Artistic Works
An action photo of the lining process (art restoration treatment) of three 30′ paintings in this month’s header of the Facebook page of the AIC, highlighted the art conservation practice of Fine Art Conservation Laboratories. Independent art conservators are represented … Continue reading
Expert Historic Preservation Consultant On Extra-Ordinary Baroque Murals Hidden Away in Northern Italy
The magical art of illusion and perspective. Restoration of historic murals of masterpiece quality. Garda Lake has been a highly appreciated resort area since Roman times. On one side of the lake is Brescia and the other side is Verona, … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Buildings - Construction Sites, Murals, Research and Authentication, Travel
Tagged historic preservation, mural restoration
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The Preservation Idaho Award
The State of Idaho named Fine Art Conservation Laboratories (FACL, Inc.) in its award of the Orchid and Onion Award from The Idaho Historic Preservation Council for the mural conservation treatments of the two Minerva Teichert murals in the extensive … Continue reading
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Mural Restoration Expert Appointed by the City of Los Angeles
Public Art Division – Dept. of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles Art Collection Appoints Fine Art Conservation Laboratories as Painting and Mural Restoration and Public Art Conservation Experts The art conservation, art restoration and maintenance of murals and public … Continue reading
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The Art Restoration Of Texas’s Most Famous Lost Public Art By The Most Famous Texan Artist You Never Heard Of
By Jasmine Brand, Guest Blogger, Historian James Buchanan Winn, Jr. (1905-1979), or better known as Buck Winn, was a Texas muralist, sculptor, architect, and teacher and has been said to have shaped American twentieth century art, especially in the South … Continue reading
After Mural Restoration in California The Horse Breakers by Fletcher Martin is again in Lamesa, TX!
By Wilson Jackson, Guest Blogger A valuable Depression Era oil-on-canvas-glued-to-a-wall mural called “The Horse Breakers” by renown artist Fletcher Martin, painted way back in 1939, is back in it’s original community of Lamesa, TX after it was removed from a … Continue reading
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Cowboy Rodeo WPA Mural To Be Removed_Art Conservation Consultation and Painting Restoration in Texas
While I enjoy the high profile jobs with important or even famous artwork I LOVE to work with small communities to save their public art. This art is often very important to the locals… maybe the only historical art in the community. … Continue reading
Historic Murals Removed, Restored, Reinstalled – Minerva Teichert
The first mural ever that I did art conservation treatments on was in my graduate program in Italy. The first week of school I was put onto scaffolding and sat down in front of a mural dated 1365 on a … Continue reading
Mural Cleaning in Historic Building Construction – Project Changes – Being nimble, versatile, flexible… and “on it”!
We thought we were on a superficial mural cleaning and varnishing project! But its a bit more adventurous than that. In the jungle of scaffolding and working among an army of 1,500 demolition and construction workers and equipment we realize … Continue reading
Kent Twitchell’s Mural-Monument to the LA Chamber Orchestra News Article
This is a very nice article in today’s LA Times about the 20th anniversary of Kent Twitchell’s Monument to the LA Chamber Orchestra. What a fantastic visual treat it is as you come up the 110 Freeway from the south … Continue reading
