Oil Painting Restoration and Conservation Supplies Since 1974
Telephone: 1-800-227-2186
Oil Painting Restoration and Conservation Supplies Since 1974
Telephone: 1-800-227-2186
The images below illustrate the restoration of a tear in an oil painting. Click on the images to enlarge.
Oil painting from the 1800's with a large tear in the canvas.
View of the tear and an old patch from the back of the oil painting.
Close up view of the tear.
Tear after the painting has been lined on a new canvas using Gainsborough's Lining Compound, and filled in with Gainsborough's Picture Repair Putty.
Close up view of repaired tear after being touched-up with oil paint.
Painting after restoration is complete and back in its original frame.