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Baumgartner does "value" restoration. He gets a lot of criticism which I think is unfounded (his way of working is perfectly appropriate for the pieces he's wor
by Bayart 4y ago
Baumgartner does "value" restoration. He gets a lot of criticism which I think is unfounded (his way of working is perfectly appropriate for the pieces he's working on), but he's far from the state of the art you see at the Met, Louvre or British Museum.
- valarauko 4y agoWhat sort of criticisms does he get? Also, any examples of the state of the art art restoration?
- zimpenfish 4y agoFrom previous searching on this topic, I think the main criticism is that he implies he's a conservator but he's actually a restorer. There's a big Reddit thread here[1] which covers some of the differences. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtConservation/comments/jnda7z/critiques_of_baumgartner/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtConservation/comments/jnda7z/cri...
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoHe can restore paint peeling from glass and falling into the bottom of the frame, to near-original condition. He can take skinned paintings and return them to something like they were intended to present. He can take almost-destroyed objects and return them to curatable, displayable art with the original artist's intention preserved (as well as the damage permits). I'm sure folks can backseat-drive anything, but he makes it perfectly clear what his intentions are and what the customer's expectations are. And then he does that. Anyway I learned a lot from his demonstrations.