Painting Restorer Training
Acquire core expertise in painting restoration: evaluate damage, safely clean varnished oil paintings, mend tears, retouch losses, and secure canvas artworks through professional documentation, mounting techniques, and preventive conservation methods applied in top art studios and museums across the world.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides hands-on skills to evaluate, record, stabilise, clean, and safeguard 19th-20th century oil paintings on canvas. You will learn to identify materials and damage types, utilise inspection tools, devise secure cleaning and tear repair strategies, prepare detailed treatment documentation, and establish protective display setups ensuring treatments are justified, reversible, and suitable for expert oversight.
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Develop skills
- Canvas stabilisation: execute secure, recorded tear repairs on oil paintings.
- Varnish cleaning: implement verified dry, water-based, and solvent techniques precisely.
- Technical examination: apply raking light, UV, IR, and photographic documentation for assessment.
- Preventive display: arrange mounts, backings, and microclimates for exhibition protection.
- Conservation reporting: produce transparent, principled treatment and condition reports.
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