Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Conservation at your fingertips!
9/9/2021
“Blossoms” has just received its new frame, so look for it to pop up on the wall of our American galleries in the near future.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A little spring cleaning!
4/22/2021
These blossoms are being conserved just in time for spring.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: To Duveneck, From Tarbell
2/25/2021
Our paintings conservator has started to clean the varnish from this painting by Edmund Tarbell.
Frank Duveneck: Father of American Art
1/28/2021
Learn more about Frank Duveneck, the most influential painter in Cincinnati history.
2020 at the Cincinnati Art Museum
12/22/2020
Despite a rollercoaster of a year, the Cincinnati Art Museum hosted a wide range of virtual and in-person experiences including our first virtual fundraiser, and opened the highly anticipated Art Climb, the new civic art space on the grounds of the museum.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Christmas Past, Christmas Present
12/10/2020
Soon to move from the paper lab to the gallery is a box decorated with ink and gouache by Elizabeth Boott Duveneck.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Cleansing the palette
11/12/2020
A heavy layer of grime covered the surface of the thin wood panel and the remains of paint.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Frank Duveneck Print
1/23/2020
If you have been following the Behind the Scenes in Conservation posts, you know that a lot of works by Frank Duveneck have passed through the Conservation Department over the past years.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Filling up with Duveneck!
9/12/2019
Conservation for the upcoming Duveneck exhibition continues apace.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Ready for his close-up?
8/15/2019
Sometimes a painting can make its feelings known.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: An Intern’s Experience
6/19/2019
Conservation preparation for the upcoming Duveneck exhibition (opening Fall 2020).
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Ships Ahoy!
2/28/2019
By complete coincidence, three very large ships were recently at anchor in the paintings conservation studio.
Sketching Duveneck’s Creative Process
1/30/2019
The fun part about studying drawings is that you get to see an artist’s initial spark of inspiration and how that first idea changes over time.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A Tiny Landscape
11/15/2018
This little painting measures around 5 by 8 inches.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: No pun intended!
5/31/2018
There was a mysterious alteration in this painting. This is a detail of the bottom (also no pun intended) right corner of a nude study by Frank Duveneck, taken while the painting was being cleaned.
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