QAGOMA | Bringing Isaac Walter Jenner's paintings back to life @QAGOMA_Australia | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 minutes ago.
Two oil paintings — 'Kelly & Cussen's Pearl Shelling Station on Prince of Wales Island, Torres Straits and O'Hagan' & McAlister's Pearl Shelling Station, Friday Island, Torres Straits — by Isaac Walter Jenner (1836–1902) painted in 1897 both needed significant interventive structural and cosmetic conservation treatment. Ruby Awburn, then Assistant Conservator (Paintings) at QAGOMA, describes the months of careful work required to restore these important works.

READ MORE ON THE BLOG: https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/bringing-isaac-walter-jenners-oil-paintings-from-1897-back-to-life/
ART CONSERVATION BEHIND-THE-SCENES: https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/category/qagoma/art-conservation/
DIGITAL STORY: https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/page/jenner

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