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The Conservation of George Inness' "The Roman Campagna"

submitted by BSR

4 years 6 months 1 week ago

For this video our subject is a painting by the American Master George Inness. This painting was executed during Inness' second sojourn to Italy in 1874 and is one of two paintings of similar subject matter.

This painting was owned by a university and museum before it became available to the public and ultimately the clients. At some point, perhaps in the mid 1940's the painting underwent a conservation whereby it was lined with an aluminum interleaf. After discussing options with the clients it was decided that this conservation would seek to undo all of that work and return the painting to Inness' vision as close as possible.

This video was shot over the period of about 4 weeks during which the work was executed as necessary. This video is not exhaustive, does not provide a comprehensive view of the work that was required to conserve the artwork or show some of the steps before, during or after the work. And as always, this video is not meant to be instructional.