The Conservation and Restoration Treatment of Two Silver-Gelatin Photographs on Canvas Stretched on Wooden Frames and Coloured by Oil Paint, Made at the Turn of the 20th c.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Photographs on canvas that have been coloured by oil paint carry a range of historical, technological, and artistic values. The objects needed an immediate conservation treatment because of their poor conservation conditions. The conservation treatments were carried out during the master’s project at the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Art, the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Before conservation, two objects were carefully examined and analysed. The main part of the conservation work was to consolidate and infill the photographic and painting layers.