Conservation of Paintings

Easel painting department at INTACH ICI, Delhi handles conservation of many art objects made on different support such as wooden panels, canvas, board etc. A variety of paintings with colour mediums such as oil, acrylic, pigments, poster colours, mix media etc are received in this department for conservation treatments. Some the works restored by our team of conservators are of eminent artist like Raja Ravi Verma, Amrtia Shergill, F.N. Souza, Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Bhupen Kakkar ,etc.
Some of the major problems encountered in the paintings are of aging cracks, yellowing of varnish layer, tear and losses, powdering and flaking of colours, blanching, dents and bulges etc.
Services offered
• Preventive measures
• Documentation and examination with Infra red and Ultra violet photography
• Anti fungal and insecticidal treatment
• Mechanical cleaning
• Solvent cleaning
• Consolidation of paint layer and support
• Reinforcement of objects
• Stretching and framing
• Display methods
Oil painting: Before and after conservation