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Science once again is helping in restoring old & deteriorating art works
Major restoration programme for Mondrian paintings
Gemeentemuseum begins work on unrivalled collection
By Lucian Harris | From issue 204, July/August 2009
Published online 23 Jul 09 (Museums)
The hague. The Gemeentemuseum in the Hague has commenced an extensive restoration programme on its world-renowned Mondrian collection, after a comprehensive examination of the paintings in 2007 revealed a number to be in a deteriorating condition. With 169 paintings, the museum has the world’s largest Mondrian collection, the result of two bequests from his biggest and earliest patron, Salomon Slijper, and his lifelong friend, Albert van den Briel. Many of the works date from the artist’s early career before his move from landscapes to abstraction, with around 20 examples of the linear style for which he is best known.
Funds of €500,000 for the project were given by the Dutch state lottery BankGiro. It is being headed by Hans Janssen, the museum’s chief conservator, who said that many of the paintings will be worked on for the first time since leaving the artist’s studio. “Our study showed around 20 of the 169 paintings have to be treated urgently, another 60 within two years and 50 more within five years,” he said. Problems vary from issues with the frames and the canvases to lifting layers of paint and old varnishes.
Modern scientific techniques are being used in restoring these pieces of art work
Gemeentemuseum begins work on unrivalled collection
By Lucian Harris | From issue 204, July/August 2009
Published online 23 Jul 09 (Museums)
The hague. The Gemeentemuseum in the Hague has commenced an extensive restoration programme on its world-renowned Mondrian collection, after a comprehensive examination of the paintings in 2007 revealed a number to be in a deteriorating condition. With 169 paintings, the museum has the world’s largest Mondrian collection, the result of two bequests from his biggest and earliest patron, Salomon Slijper, and his lifelong friend, Albert van den Briel. Many of the works date from the artist’s early career before his move from landscapes to abstraction, with around 20 examples of the linear style for which he is best known.
Funds of €500,000 for the project were given by the Dutch state lottery BankGiro. It is being headed by Hans Janssen, the museum’s chief conservator, who said that many of the paintings will be worked on for the first time since leaving the artist’s studio. “Our study showed around 20 of the 169 paintings have to be treated urgently, another 60 within two years and 50 more within five years,” he said. Problems vary from issues with the frames and the canvases to lifting layers of paint and old varnishes.
Modern scientific techniques are being used in restoring these pieces of art work
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