Paintings Conservation, Paintings, Murals, and Polychrome Surfaces Conservation: At McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory we perform conservation treatments on a large variety of artistic works, including the conservation of modern and contemporary paintings. Recently, the blurred lines of a large round…
Gilding and Frames Conservation; Objects Conservation: A frame can be used to complement, hang, or transport a two-dimensional work of art like paintings or works of art on paper. Frames can be ornate with intricate designs carved from wood which…
Paintings Conservation, Gliding and Frames Conservation: It ain't over til the....paintings are reinstalled in the opera house! McKay Lodge Conservation recently performed the art conservation treatment of two large paintings and their frames from the formerly closed Woodward Opera House…
Paintings Conservation, Mural Conservation: The greater Cleveland area has had a rich history in public murals throughout the 20th century. Much of the earlier mural work was completed by non-native artists, but the economic downturn of the 1930s and resulting…
Paintings Conservation in Cleveland: McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory is pleased to be able to donate to the Cleveland Police Historical Society and Museum the full paintings conservation treatment and round-trip transport of their cherished 8 foot x 6 foot…
Paintings Conservation: The paintings conservation section of the Cleveland area fine arts conservation center McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory has had a heavy volume of paintings conservation projects from area museums and collectors over the past five years, particularly from…
PAINTINGS CONSERVATION: Following a rare find, the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort Kentucky acquired a set of portraits painted by Patrick Henry Davenport. The portraits are exceptional in their representation of two members of a growing middle class at that…
The Butler Institute of American Art received a Luce Foundation grant of $15,000 which the museum applied toward the larger cost of much needed paintings conservation of five of the most significant American paintings from the institute’s original collection. Additional…
PAINTINGS CONSERVATION: In 2007 the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky contracted with McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. to salvage a seriously deteriorated but very important painting by the Flemish painter Gaspar de Crayer (1584-1669). The twelve foot tall oil painting…
PAINTINGS CONSERVATION: Funding from the Henry Luce Foundation‘s American Art Program Art Conservation Initiative has made possible a large number of art conservation treatments for several McKay Lodge, Inc. museum clients. This program was a special one year initiative and…