Painting Restorer Training
Gain essential skills in painting restoration: evaluate damage, safely clean varnished oil paintings, repair tears, inpaint losses, and safeguard canvas artworks using professional documentation, mounting techniques, and preventive conservation methods applied in top art studios and museums.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This training provides hands-on skills to assess, document, stabilize, clean, and protect 19th–20th century oil paintings on canvas. You'll learn to identify materials and degradation, utilize examination tools, plan secure cleaning and tear repairs, produce detailed treatment records, and establish preventive display conditions ensuring treatments are justified, reversible, and suitable for senior review.
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Develop skills
- Canvas stabilization: perform safe, documented tear repairs on oil paintings.
- Varnish cleaning: apply tested dry, aqueous, and solvent methods with control.
- Technical examination: use raking light, UV, IR, and photo records for diagnosis.
- Preventive display: set mounts, backing, and microclimates for gallery safety.
- Conservation reporting: write clear, ethical treatment and condition reports.
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