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The Art of Conservation VI: Helmut Ruhemann, paintings restorer in Berlin and London

08/2016 | 1361 | 158

Pages: 638-646

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Author:

Blewett, Morwenna (Blewett, Morwenna)

Subjects

art literature:

Ruhemann, Helmut

dates:

1890-1899 / 1890-1899 / 1900-1969 / 1970-1979

museums and institutions:

National Gallery, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Conservators / Restorers / Biographies / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Collections, Public

subjects:

Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Photography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

42. Helmut Ruhemann, Marjorie Gertler (née Hodgkinson, later Kostenz), Philip Hendy and Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell. 1933. Photograph (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Attributed works:

43. Portrait of a man, by Antonello da Messina. c.1475-76. Photograph made during Ruhemann's 1939 treatment (National Gallery, London)

Attributed works:

44. Portrait of a man, by Antonello da Messina. c.1475-76. Ruhemann's extant restoration (National Gallery, London)

Western art unattributed:

40. Helmut Ruhemann. Before 1934. Photograph (Ruhemann Papers, Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)

Western art unattributed:

41. Early use of a heated spatula in the conservation studios of the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin. Photograph (Ruhemann Papers, Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)

Western art unattributed:

45. Helmut Ruhemann teaching in Guatemala in 1956. Photograph (Ruhemann Papers, Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)

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