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THE CLEANING AND RESTORATION of OIL PAINTINGS and WATERCOLOURS

Paintings grow dark with age due mostly to smoke, dust and the tendency for varnish to turn yellow. Central heating does not help and can cause paintings to crack and flake.

It is important to keep paintings in good condition and the advances in cleaning techniques enable restorers to achieve this with the minimum of effort

Finding a picture restorer is not easy. There are many about who claim to able to clean paintings, but beware, as most of them are untrained and could cause more damage than good to you’re painting.

John F Herring Snr

Lowndes Studio uses two restorers in England. One in Albermarle street London, the other in Wiltshire. We tend to use the Albermarle Company for cleaning Old Masters and Portraits and the Wiltshire restorer for Landscapes and Scenic paintings, but both are masters of their trade.

With watercolours and prints the same principals apply. Again there are numerous people who claim to be experts, again beware, it is much easier to ruin a watercolour than an oil painting.

With Watercolour and prints the biggest problems are damp stains, foxing and fading. All these can be rectified and the print restored to its original condition, even tears in the paper can be restored.

We can show you oil paintings, watercolours and prints which have been cleaned and restored by the above individuals and companies.