Hey everyone, just to clarify; the thumbnail is most definitely a joke. Even with serious work, humor is a necessity, as this experience certainly shows.

@challennarose270

7 ай бұрын

Hey it worked on getting it picked up by the algorithm. I hadn't seen any of your videos in my recommendations in a hot minute. 🎉

@ilijapetkovski

7 ай бұрын

It’s a shame the algorithm works like that. I was afraid you would do this all the time. So it’s pretty funny 😂

@tswan137

7 ай бұрын

The thumbnail was the reason I clicked, and I've since subscribed and went through a ton of your backlog. Instant fan. While humor typically isn't the focus of your vids, I think it worked very well in this case and would love to see more in the future! You're funnier than just dad-joke transitions! Amazing work.

@S___________D

7 ай бұрын

Then, let us say it, the previous restoration was definitely a huge fail, caricature that lacked mastery. You did justice for both paintings, they're so beautiful.

@GaiaCarney

7 ай бұрын

When you revealed the cleft in her chin, I gasped! You really did reveal so much character in the painting ☺️

The previous restauration attempt is the definition of what is called "Verschlimmbessern" in German. It is a combination of the words "Verbessern" - "to improve" and "verschlimmern" - "to worsen". So it means basically "to worsen something in an attempt to improve it." And this overpaint illustrates this term perfectly.

@lazygardens

7 ай бұрын

German has the BEST words!

@abie1308

7 ай бұрын

I love how German seems to have the word for everything, the closest English expression I can think of is 'fix it till it breaks'

@sarahwatts7152

7 ай бұрын

I'm going to figure out how to pronounce this and use it all the dang time. Someone just scratched off all the nonstick on a pan here in an attempt to clean it

@ventiladordesuco

7 ай бұрын

There's a lot of people doing facial rejuvenation in Brazil. When it goes bad we say "rejuvelhecimento" which is a combination of the words "rejuvenescimento" - which means rejuvenation with the word "envelhecimento" - which means aging = rejuvenaging

@lazygardens

7 ай бұрын

@@ventiladordesuco That's a great one. Brazilian Portuguese has some great plays on words. English could use "rejuvenaging" to describe Botox gone Bad.

They gave this girl a full influencer beat from the mid 2010s, didn't they. She was deyassified before my own eyes and I'm happy for her.

@sv003

7 ай бұрын

You're so right, like look at the contouring of the nose that was done according to a contemporary style of makeup

@FaizCaliph

7 ай бұрын

So many things and people need to be deyassified 😩

@hamiham125

7 ай бұрын

You say deyassified, but i would be willing to say she actually had a glow-up when all that 2010's heavy contour and full coverage foundation were removed lmao

@dharkann

7 ай бұрын

"deyassified" is definitely added to my vocabulary now.

@TurkeyJoe

7 ай бұрын

Behehehe "deyassified." Nice.

The moment you started removing the pain from the shoulder, was when I really saw the extent of what had been done. Absolutely crazy that anyone would let that individual near a paintbrush.

I’m a visual artist for 24 years now and just found this channel and I love this. And what a shanda. This piece is an example of an ego. Permanent marker?! A signature to proudly show their shoddy work is incredible honestly. This was incredible to watch and I learned so much.

@L0rdOfThePies

3 ай бұрын

The perminent marker directly on the original canvas did make my jaw drop ngl, the audacity

@russelljackson2818

Ай бұрын

The guy probably thought permanent marker is literally permanent. If he watched this Julian must have blown his goddamn mind by wiping it off lol

@echognomecal6742

Ай бұрын

That was my, "WHAT?!" moment. "They _SIGNED_ it?! Like they're PROUD of it?!!!!"

@EthanParmetItsDaBunny

Ай бұрын

You're Jewish

@KingOfGaymes

27 күн бұрын

I can’t imagine putting my name on this 💀

I like to imagine a conservator, 100 years from now, making their own videos (or whatever it will be) just going through a painting you restored, "Ah yes, Baumgartner Restoration, I always enjoy when these pieces come to me it truly makes my job so much easier. See how little paint was added? How tiny the patches were? They couldn't do nano-fixtures like we can now, but this was truly a marvelous restoration in the 21st century. I'm just going to clean it, make sure everything is up to the new standards for reversable restoration and this will be done. Oh look, the owner of the painting still has the information packet on the back that contains all the work that was done and what was used. This sometimes gets lost over time so this is a nice surprise!"

@iRockYouRock67

7 ай бұрын

Oh this is absolutely beautiful

@MoridaFanadier

7 ай бұрын

Julian has rights to put on a smug face as he enters the garden of kings.

@jonalger

7 ай бұрын

Julian's mother could not have said it better! ❤😂

@AbigayleFall-sp3wt

7 ай бұрын

:D

@amarissimus29

7 ай бұрын

No, in 100 years conservation will focus solely on soup removal. They're going to be hungry.

Watching you remove the paint from her face was like removing my makeup circa 2018. They really put the full coverage foundation on that poor girl.

@verderaven

7 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing about that highlighted brow.

@MsBoudicea

7 ай бұрын

@@verderaven and the extreme nose highlight

@captainghoul666

7 ай бұрын

Matte full coverage foundation, matte lip, eyebrow highlight.... everything

@seva9994

7 ай бұрын

Yassified

@MsNovaris

7 ай бұрын

Felt like turning off the "perfect" face filter. All natural is best!

Turned from an instagram filtered doll to a human again. Truly a master of your craft.

8:32 You know it's gonna be a good video when the painting spontaneously starts playing Schubert when the solvent is applied.

@restezlameme

Ай бұрын

AHA! I thought it was Schubert!

I'm astounded that the person who did the work actually signed it. Like, not just placing a note with some information but actually signing it as if he is co-painter and can take part of the credit. Unbelievable!

@Jehty21

7 ай бұрын

With the amount of painting they did they definitely were a co-painter 😅

@spacehootle309

7 ай бұрын

I can not... the guy didn't even bother to paint "within the lines" of the original painting. The amount of delusional self-confidence is frankly astounding!

@BudoBasovic

7 ай бұрын

People who feel like doing this is fine suffer from a severe case of self inflated ego, so signing it is perfectly in line with that.

@Iflie

7 ай бұрын

@@spacehootle309 Exactly, i was going to say it's not even Paint by Numbers because they just freehanded outside of the original cloak like it was optional.

@Siansonea

7 ай бұрын

They used a Sharpie directly on the canvas. That tells you everything you need to know about that person's idea of 'conservation'. I hope they see this video and feel embarrassed at the travesty they created.

I don’t know who remembers me, but about a year ago I left a comment under one of those videos, saying that this inspired me to pursue a career in conservation. A few people asked me to update, so here it is: I’ve recently started my internship at a paper restauration workshop and I’m currently restoring my first ever book! Next year I will take up studies at uni. I’m so incredibly happy that I found my way into this awesome job!!

@ghostiesoba9958

6 ай бұрын

been waiting for this conclusion, good luck! :)

@antaguana

6 ай бұрын

​@@ghostiesoba9958conclusion? This is just the beginning good luck @linelesscolour

@ZudaFizz

Ай бұрын

Congratulations!!

I was so shocked by the overpaint removal that I didn't even notice the complete lack of damage to the original

Seeing both paintings together at the end warms my heart a bit. Regardless of what the actual marriage was like, the two paintings have been together for years, decades, even under harsh repainting, and now they get to be together again, renewed and whole. :,)

I don’t understand why any conservator would sign directly on a painting that is not theirs, especially not with a permanent marker.

@YG-cf9wt

7 ай бұрын

Well technically.... if you hide absolutely all of the original painting, it is your painting. I'm wondering if he was trying to trace the painting, and didn't notice the baking paper blew away.

@yessanknow302

7 ай бұрын

sheer arrogance

@shogun2215

7 ай бұрын

That's the point the person who defaced this painting was not a conservator.

@Mobin92

7 ай бұрын

Well they essentially repainted the whole thing ._.

@hafidz007

7 ай бұрын

Damn this painting touch up look like a girls from 2023 with apps filter😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

I am amazed that the person who "restored" this previously was happy enough with their work to sign their name on the back of it

@natashalawely2900

7 ай бұрын

in permanent marker, too!

@aedoria

7 ай бұрын

with the job they did, i doubt it was happiness with their work as much as it was sheer arrogance!

@nathanchalecki4842

7 ай бұрын

Can't have been a professional, surely. They couldn't even stay inside the lines of the original

@hopeadler507

7 ай бұрын

Literally

@monicaluketich6913

7 ай бұрын

The whole face and cap with lace did look like someone who knew nothing about period makeup or the cap and lace. The lace would have been handmade and very filmy looking. I am sure that the word 'Idiot' was said several times, along with much stronger words!

This once again shows the big difference between conservation and recreating art. I dont believe the first person who 'fixed it' is a bad artist per say but they should probably sitck to making their own art and not 'fixing' other peoples. Absolutely beautiful results im happy to see the peice repaired and looking the way the original artist intended it to look.

This is the most soft spoken, gentle, and vicious roast I've ever heard. I _love_ it.

Watching you clean her face was like watching someone remove cakey foundation

@Vocalinds

7 ай бұрын

Yes! As soon as he started cleaning the face I said "It's like a bad foundation match!"

@rcabeceiras

7 ай бұрын

I was looking for the foundation comment, thank you.

@caittails

7 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. It felt like someone should be telling me a true crime story while holding up their Sephora haul. 😂

@persgodiva

7 ай бұрын

Yes those were my thoughts exactly!!

@kenenigans

7 ай бұрын

Same thing here haha

The cleaning on this one is like the painting equivalent of pulling up your crappy linoleum and finding beautiful hardwood floors underneath. Just astounding.

@redwitch12

7 ай бұрын

That's exactly what happened in my mom's house. A few years after I moved out, she had the ghastly brown shag carpeting that ran through almost the entire house (except for the kitchen, which was high-traffic short-pile stuff) removed. Underneath was some of the most exquisite oak flooring you could imagine. The kitchen had beautiful rich brown-and-gold granite tiles that carried the same coloration as the oak. There were only a few areas that needed repairs, and all of it needed some degree of refinishing, but it was incredible to see. (But then my mother passed away in 2022, and the house was sold to someone who turned out to apparently be a flipper, because the next set of pictures I saw had all the floors covered with gray-toned wood-patterned laminate, all the walls and trim were painted flat gray and white, and the whole house looked absolutely empty and soulless. I cried when I saw those pictures... aside from the first-floor bathroom, which HAD been a time capsule from the 1970s with horrible avocado-green and orange tiles and an orange sink to match; it was actually improved by the gray-and-white treatment. Then again, it would have been improved by a flamethrower, too.)

@argentpuck

7 ай бұрын

@@redwitch12 Same thing in my house growing up, but previous owners had used lime green shag.

@John_Doe974

7 ай бұрын

Linoleum and wood are both terrible for floors. Wood is for walls, you walk on floors, wood gets cold.

@realrebelli0n

7 ай бұрын

@@John_Doe974 What are you even saying? Wooden floors feel nice and are warm.

@mwater_moon2865

7 ай бұрын

Ours was dirty nasty avocado green shagg carpet with stains of unknown origin. The hardwood needed maybe two/three boards replaced and at least one of those was from the carpet nails rusting...

It's insane to see even the outline if the pwinting change when removing the previous restoration attempt

Don't have to look closely to see how the painting doesn't look alive. It's literally flat and lifeless. The painting is now alive after your restoration works. Thank goodness! Looked beautiful

I've always wondered how you'd react when you see a terrible restoration and you did not disappoint.

@pavel-gubanov

7 ай бұрын

Julian: Bleep! Bleep! Bleep! Bleeeeeep!

@Cybornut

7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of “monkey Jesus”

@1Avatar

7 ай бұрын

I signed in humored delight on the bleeps. The bleeps were what was going thru my head. I am unsure who to applaud more, the person that found it or the brilliance or the true conservator said bleepit bleep bleep

@TheWretchedOwl

7 ай бұрын

A solid 3 minutes of eloquent shade being thrown is about what you’d expect, isn’t it? 😅

@michellechou2659

7 ай бұрын

I replayed the whole bleep part to my husband to show him my delight, he now knows he has definitely married an interesting woman😂

The way my jaw dropped when you just removed the first square overpainting of overpainting on the chin. They not only flattened but didn’t even get the skin tone anywhere near right! Great job as always, Julian!

@gurucarcar

7 ай бұрын

I kind of see why the mouth chin area was overpainted - after J's restoration it looks like the woman had blemishes around that area maybe acne or rosacea.

@robertfarrow5853

7 ай бұрын

​@@gurucarcarsmallpox in those days.

@Stettafire

7 ай бұрын

​@@robertfarrow5853Smallpox has different symptoms. It doesn't discolour so much as it leaves tiny little scars

@neilfranklin5644

7 ай бұрын

Yes she is nolonger lady in grey.

@grungekitty77

7 ай бұрын

I almost yelled out "Dude! She was already white!! What was that!?!?"

"at first glance it doesn't look that bad" I can't be the only one that thought it really did look that bad at first glance

I speak another language fluently and have found that one can only truly cuss in their native tongue. As a conservator myself I was cussing alongside you. Thanks for sharing your work as it helps so many people understand why we love our job!

Julian calmly swearing up a storm is a mood.

@Dirty_Squirrell

7 ай бұрын

It scared me. Lol

@RoselynnThorn

7 ай бұрын

I thought It was hilarious but rightly justified. :)

@rogerhurtubise2150

7 ай бұрын

Beware the wrath of a calm man

The fact that they signed it is particularly hilarious.

@jmsmom67

7 ай бұрын

Right! Just announce who did this!

@MagereHein

7 ай бұрын

The "job well done" of the incompetent.

@grannieannie1371

7 ай бұрын

In permanent marker no less.

@GM-qq1wi

7 ай бұрын

You can nearly see what it says when he removes it.

@bearyblue

7 ай бұрын

Clearly, it was a collab in their mind 😌

Это просто поразительно. Так приятно было наблюдать за снятием краски, насколько живописнее картина была до горе-реставрации. Спасибо, что спасли даму.

I don't ordinarily watch videos longer than fifteen minutes but I watch your restorations for hours. Your voice has a soothing and relaxing quality and it is always pleasant to watch someone who loves his work at work. I restore antique furniture and have spent hours colour and grain matching veneers with veneers I have spent hours peeling off of old head and footboards beyond repair. I studied art for three years and know how important and beautiful your work is. I appreciate the fact that you share your work with the public. A la prochaine.

That previous conservation looked like an Instagram filter devoid of subtle humanity. I was shocked. Brilliant work as always

@polendisco4132

7 ай бұрын

Perfectly worded!

@neilfranklin5644

7 ай бұрын

Should have made the guys name known as a warning to others to avoid.

@eponawarrior7492

7 ай бұрын

It reminded me of copying masterpieces in high school. Like it would technically look like the original, but things would be very off because it hadn't been mastered yet. That same color white line around the bonnet dropped my jaw, and not in a good way 😭

@primodragoneitaliano

7 ай бұрын

It made me think of the visual style of "Archer" too, which is obviously unsuitable for a painting like that.

@jorriffhdhtrsegg

7 ай бұрын

@@eponawarrior7492 weirdly it shows someone who can paint and possesses natural ability...yeh like a high school student, but hasn't mastered it the tonality and expression or even understanding how to look at the painting, which is the problem

this definitely was not done by an art restorer but probably just a regular artist. You said it was restored in 2013 and that makes sense because the eyebrows and eyes (not to mention the super sculpted nose) really reflect the makeup trends of the 2010s. The fact that they painted over the entire thing must have meant that they realised that they werent sure they picked the right colors for the face and tried to conceal it by matching the rest with their own brush work. I’m just happy they didnt use acrylic paint lol

@Skaldewolf

7 ай бұрын

Good hypothesis. What I noticed was the change in expression. The repainted version had these almost-smile we use today on a family-photo. The original was much more ... distant and ernest. Like the expression you had when you were sitting for hours to have your portrait done.

@valeria-cy4zp

7 ай бұрын

they tried to yassify her xD I do prefer the older version as it seems more natural. The ``new´´face gave it a more modern feel but it felt unnatural.

@madsahren2208

7 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same thing about it being done by an artist rather than restorer

@ItsMarineBitch

7 ай бұрын

Actually doing at the nose contour 💀

@Juju_Miner

7 ай бұрын

It being an artist makes it that much worse imo. What artist has the audacity to sign another artists work with permanent marker. Everything else I can let slide as in they did a terrible job restoring a painting but the permanent marker signature just pisses me off.

Watching the overpainting be removed from the face almost made me cry. There she is. Thank you for the work you do.

The initial painting itself wasnt so appealing to begin with and the restoration just turned it into comedy. You did a good job to bring it back. Im a great admirer of your work.

Wow you did say the overpaint was flat but wow. This might be one of your most drastic cleaning reveals yet.

@ShruikanKiller

7 ай бұрын

I know right!? it's the first time I said "Wow! the white is less white!"

@Bananabanana347

7 ай бұрын

@@ShruikanKillerthat’s because the overpainting was blue. Holy ****

@njoshua3265

7 ай бұрын

They couldn't even follow the lines on the collar either, a 4 year old can do better with a colouring book...

@alichi101

7 ай бұрын

@@njoshua3265 Yeah, that part blew me away. Him cleaning up that gray and the actual shoulder proved to be seriously that far away...

@facara4519

7 ай бұрын

Yea holy shit... that was an extreme change... just to take away that layer.. and if you look at her shoulder area... it wasen't even painted over the right lines... but over where the background was... my mouth was gaping the whole time of dissbelive of why anyone would do this shit to a painting. @baumgartner I am glad you got the job to restore it :)

I gasped out loud when I saw how "outside the lines" the previous "restorer" applied overpaint... There's seriously no excuse for any of what was done to this painting, but the work on that shawl was just outrageous. It's startling how much more life there is in this portrait once you remove that awful overpaint

@justinanovak8040

7 ай бұрын

Same!

@Trixtah

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, at least with Paint By Numbers, the idea is to stay *within* the lines. Mr Black Marker Pen didn't even manage that!

@nathanbinns6345

7 ай бұрын

Me too! I have no artistic ability at all so at first I thought 'well that doesn't look TOO bad, compared to other videos on this channel. And then he started removing the overpaint and I audibly gasped and said 'oohhhh nooo....'

@suemount6042

7 ай бұрын

Same here

@fionafiona1146

7 ай бұрын

If it was actually treated as a paint by numbers I'd expect elementary school kids to get better results! And that was done in OIL!

When the first eye was finally uncovered the life was instantly back in the painting.

Quick question about color matching. Do the old and the new paint „deteriorate“ at the same pace or will there be a point in time when the chemical reaction from light exposure or really anything else results in differences in the color of the original paint and the added paint? And are there differences between mediums (both for oil specifically and other types of paint/paint binders) for that?

"Overpaint" doesn't even begin to describe this, that was _obscene,_ but it was so unimaginably satisfying to see it all undone and watch the original painting come back 😍

@Little_Demonia

7 ай бұрын

at least wasnt like "ecce mono", poor paing

@MegaBorusse1900

7 ай бұрын

At 09:40 starting you can see the shoulder lowering for a good 2 cm. That was overpainted quite generously on the contours.

@applejayz1987

7 ай бұрын

Nah that aint overpaint, thats RE-paint

Fear of bad restoration is why it took a decade for me to convince my late mother to get a family painting restored. I had her call our local fine arts museum and ask them to recommend a restorer. They gave her the name of a local lady they use and she did a fabulous job. You can’t even tell where it was touched up or where the tiny tear was.

@MoridaFanadier

7 ай бұрын

Plot twist : "this painting ain't damaged. I'll do nothing and charge $500"

@MoridaFanadier

7 ай бұрын

On a serious note, how much does it cost to restore a painting? Like...i know it's very diverse (based on damage and size, or even the expertise), but is there any way to point where the price is cheap or too expensive?

@cla_rence

7 ай бұрын

​@@MoridaFanadier Honestly it's near impossible to give you a price range like this. The work a conservator will have to do on a pice can vary widly from a few touch-ups to saving the entire structure that is rotting away. Some things that would take a long time to restore aren't even flagrantly visible to the untrained eye so if the conservator doesn't explain it to the client (which they should), they might feel like they've been ripped off. Keeping in mind that I work on books and not on paintings, but I imagine it's quite similar in that aspect. What I can only recommend is to do a bit of research on the conservators in your area. Look up where they studied on their websites or LinkedIn to make sure they're properly qualified. And then bring them your artwork and ask them what price range they might charge you for this specific case. I sometimes only do emergency treatments like stopping an infestation of insects or mold or create conditioning for the book if the client can't spend more/doesn't want more done. And obviously this will cost way less than if I have to reattach some pages or do a leather graft.

@jasoncarswell7458

7 ай бұрын

With fairness to your successful outcome, recommendations from strangers are lubricated by lack of accountability. "The local lady they used" was also the well-meaning granny who destroyed Ecce Homo and had no idea why people were upset. Certifications. Ask for them always, and before leaving the artwork in their hands. Real art restorers have pedigrees, they aren't word-of-mouth. Word-of-mouth is how you get somebody's cousin who's a real whiz with a paintbrush.

@shaohtsai

7 ай бұрын

@@jasoncarswell7458 I think you're being a little too harsh. It's not like they were calling around the neighborhood. They contacted a museum.

Watching the eyes come alive as they're cleaned is beautiful!

I found myself saying "Oh, my Lord..." throughout the restoration process. At the end, "Thank God!"

The fact that the previous "conservator" used staples makes it feel personal. As if they watched your videos and did the exact opposite just to spite you.

@markpavlidis6464

7 ай бұрын

I feel like previous conservators do stupid things just to annoy julian lmao

@Skaldewolf

7 ай бұрын

Stapling the canvas to the stretcher might be forgiven. It's not optimal, but it gets the canvas on with the least amount of fuzz. But the weirdly bend staples to hold the stretcher to the frame? That's pure malevolence.

the nose contour on the original ‘restoration’ was INSANE

@victorbecker4802

7 ай бұрын

fr, they beat her face. painted a whole sephora spokesperson lol

@rokamayono8590

7 ай бұрын

@@victorbecker4802😂😂😂💀

Special shoutout to all the cotton farm workers who helped indirectly with the MASSIVE undertaking that was taking off all that overpaint 😱

@BaumgartnerRestoration - It's not until you exposed the exquisite underlying brushwork, does one begin to realise just how incompetent and amateurish the last 'restorer' was. I bet your client was seriously impressed with your ability to restore the painting to it's original beauty. Well done. Thanks for sharing your invaluable knowledge and skills. 👍

The way her skin & eyes came to life when you removed that paint layer was both beautiful & satisfying

@anglerfish4161

7 ай бұрын

It felt like her humanity was slowly restored as that horrible mask was removed. Her eyes softened significantly!

@LadyDrosselmeyer

5 ай бұрын

It was like watching a stage actor take off cake make-up and become a real person again.

@comfortme

3 ай бұрын

ah, just like wearing makeup!

@NextWorldVR

2 ай бұрын

I was almost in tears to see the variation in skin tone, shading, shadowing and micro-freckles revealed, that were previously smoothed out and almost erased from time. I have done Fine Arts Packaging, foundational repair and am slowly venturing toward preservation/restoration. This channel is a treasure!

The comparison between a botched restoration by an ego-driven amateur and a proper restoration by a professional that respects the artwork is night and day. Bravo sir.

@isirlasplace91

7 ай бұрын

@@acmhfmggru Could we need a bit of that Kool Aid ourselves? Or maybe we found our original amateur 😌

@AlfredHeinrichKarlLudwig

7 ай бұрын

The amateur restoration broke all the principles of conservation. Thats why its being mocked. You DO NOT paint over the whole damn thing because of minor damage. You DO NOT sign your fucking name as a conservator. You DO NOT use those non conservation materials. That you think otherwise screams of either ignorance or flatly that you do the same thing.@@acmhfmggru

@CRichardsDigi

7 ай бұрын

🤣Almost identical lol

@HauntedTexasHunters

7 ай бұрын

🤡

@gastonbell108

7 ай бұрын

The granny who destroyed Ecce Homo is actually quite rich now. Sacred art is not exactly highly valued in Spain these days... the government was delighted to see they could monetize the whole thing.

Such an amazing restoration! It was so satisfying to watch you taking off that older over-painting step by step.

Just imagine how devastated the owner must have looked when that original restoration was returned to them

I love the way the eyes came to life as the overpaint was cleared off. Its like she was being freed from her prison.

@lilyivey5933

7 ай бұрын

that's a beautiful way to put it! i completely agree

@LeesaDeAndrea

7 ай бұрын

It reminded me of when someone who is heavily made up removes their makeup and you see their real face, flaws and all.

@caittails

7 ай бұрын

I literally gasped when the first eye was revealed. It was amazing.

@ozrob76

7 ай бұрын

@mushroommonarch5592 What I wanna know is how did the owners face look when they got it back after the first "conservation"? Lol

@HuhHowboutThat

7 ай бұрын

I cried. She's so lovely.

This video should be shown to all art restoration students with a disclaimer saying 'if you won't study hard - someday, Julian will roast you' 😂

@NavidIsANoob

7 ай бұрын

Julian is considered a hack in art restoration academia.

@apophenic_

7 ай бұрын

​@@NavidIsANoobproof

@s.8137

7 ай бұрын

@@NavidIsANoob You should be able to support your claims, but also, even if that's so, my apologies to art restoration academia, but as you might understand, and this might shock you immensely... but in all aspects of life, academia isn't everything. A lot of it is a circle jerk of confirmation bias and academics agreeing with each other and recycling their own ideas without a single one of them questioning their own claims or thinking outside of their own little circles. As much as I respect academia in some aspects, sometimes academia needs to be a little more self aware, and I'm being nice with that "sometimes". If you don't bring non-academia views into these circles, you will end up yielding the same results over and over and becoming obsolete because you will be stuck in your own ways. Academia, like all areas of life, needs change, a breath of fresh air. I'm not saying art restoration academia has no authority, but it's not the end of the world if academics don't approve of something. All respect to specialists who study subjects for years, but a lot of them can get stuck in their own ways without questioning their own theories, or putting them into practice? And as a person who has known circle jerks, especially academia related all too well, I suppose they'll survive being put into question once in a while. As well as, in some aspects I do agree and even respect, even if their opinions differ, as long as their argument makes sense, is based on proof and on scientifically questioning their own claims once in a while with new information (which, most of the time, they don't, hence the circle jerk and getting stuck). So, like I said, all due respect to academia, but they aren't really the only opinion that counts.

@NavidIsANoob

7 ай бұрын

@@s.8137 It's the scientific and academic communities that are pushing the art of restoration to the next level. The reason Julian gets much criticism from those circles is because he was taught by his father who applied now outdated restoration techniques which Julians keeps pushing as the "correct" way to restore art pieces. There is of course no objective way to look at art restoration, but the closest thing we have to objectivity is to approach the subject through the scientific method. And according to science, Julian is doing things that are no longer considered scientifically correct. Julian is good, but he applies outdated techniques. That in itself is not a dealbreaker, it's not like he's restoring masterpieces like the Mona Lisa. But he gets flack because of the way he presents these techniques as the "right" way to do art restoration.

@Odrikah

7 ай бұрын

​@@NavidIsANoobBut he... doesn't? He literally goes on in his videos about how different people do things differently and how he is trying his best to make sure everything is in place for another potential future conservator to make their own calls. The only times he's ever dissed someone else's restoration as being incorrect is when it's something like in this video where it's so obviously not good it borders on a joke. Even if the way he does things is behind the times--which I admit I have no idea one way or the other if that's true--he definitely doesn't push it on anybody or claim that his way of doing things is correct above all others.

I can't imagine what would possess anyone to paint over the entire thing, let alone someone who claims to care about restoration.

The KZread algorithm is truly a mystery. I’m fully invested in watching a 30 minute video in a subject I’ve never searched for. This is so cool so far.

Holy cow, that was one of the best overpaint removals I've ever seen. It was like she was wearing a full face of makeup before, so satisfying to see it all come off.

@primodragoneitaliano

7 ай бұрын

Yeah the before looked like if the painting had an instagram filter applied to it.

@jennahbright19

7 ай бұрын

​@@primodragoneitalianoi was just thinking that

@fefferryerr1818

6 ай бұрын

Always a chance the owner may like the other version better than the originals and want him to put it back.

@raerohan4241

6 ай бұрын

​@@fefferryerr1818 Were you, by any chance, the one who did the overpainting? 😂

@fefferryerr1818

6 ай бұрын

@@raerohan4241You caught me

I was actually personally offended when you started cleaning and I saw the beautiful painting hidden under all that overpaint. I would be embarrassed to put my signature on that piece if I was the last conservator. You brought it back to life!

@yokhawanha

7 ай бұрын

I'm sorry but I'm curious why you feel offended seeing a restoration of a botched restoration? For The first time he started to clean the previous restoration I feel hopeful to see the original art got a proper treatment.

@iMishi0219

7 ай бұрын

​@@yokhawanhaI think they meant they were offended on behalf of the original painting that the old conservator would dare to do such a thing

@yokhawanha

7 ай бұрын

@@iMishi0219 aaah so they offended by the previous conservator restoration?

@CelilasArt

7 ай бұрын

​@@yokhawanhayep that! they were offended by how bad that first restoration was

@roberthead2408

7 ай бұрын

I think the notion of your being personally offended is silly.

“Over-painting” seems like… an understatement somehow!

It's hard to believe how human the shading on the skin became after the retouching. Bravo, my friend. It's always such a treat when I stumble across your videos.

This was astounding. As a non-painter, it made me appreciate the line between bad and good painting in a new way. It's not as though the original painter here was some great master. I wouldn't necessarily be blown away by that thing if I saw it hanging in a gallery. And yet, when you compare the original artist's work with the overpaint monstrosity, it's the difference between life and death. Expression and a void. With the training and practice it takes to model variations in skin tone, or capture the look in someone's eye, a portrait artist, even just a decently good one, is doing magic.

@SierraMysteria

7 ай бұрын

Well said

@Fucoc

7 ай бұрын

I believe these paintings may not be for a gallery, but privately owned and are known ancestors. This is maybe the only way they have to know what their ancestors looked like, and the over-painting completely ruined that experience.

@spanky814

7 ай бұрын

A lot of it was that awful skin tone. They just did a flat yellowish tone across the entire face, there was no pink in it, and no variation across where it should have blended into shadow. Bleh

@perdiddlepanskew8018

7 ай бұрын

12:20 - when you see the eyes side by side - all of a sudden the woman’s personality comes through. Wow.

@bencressman6110

7 ай бұрын

Great take

The revealing of the old painting beneath the new paint nearly bought tears to my eyes. The loving care to properly restore such a beautiful piece of art was so refreshing to watch. Excellent work!

Wow, the previous guy completely changed the original painting and basically made it his painting.

You know what that "restoration" reminded me of? It's like choosing full coverage foundation in a wrong colour and undertone. When the paint (makeup) was coming of the face you can see that painted person has pink/cool undertone and the person gave it warm/golden undertone full coverage foundation. It's like a painting went to a one star review makeup artist, asked for natural look and came out with full glam😂 that needed to be washed right away. It's nice that it got the proper restoration.😊

@sccrespoc

7 ай бұрын

I experienced that bad make up for a professional photoshoot. What a disaster

I love how you always focus on the fact that conservation isn't about recreating the painting, but it's about honouring the artist by preserving their work. The previous "conservator" definitely got way into their head, by not only being heavy handed with their retouching, but also defacing the back of canvas by signing on it. Thank you for your professionalism and your talent, that brought it back to life!

@batintheattic7293

7 ай бұрын

To sign it, though, they must have thought they'd performed a wonderful service. Personally, I wouldn't have thought it worth even trying. Historically, perhaps, these are important but not exactly well painted in the first place. As the only remaining record of what a real person might have looked like - great. It's good that they've now been restored and can go back into family storage where, ironically, they will probably remain in better original condition than many a decently rendered portrait that is hung up and looked at. The reason why somebody wanted to obliterate them with overpainting, in the first place, is because they were seen. It's good that Baumgartner could resist the urge to fix the originals as that's the devil that probably took hold of the previous 'restorer'.

@annapruitt5546

7 ай бұрын

@@batintheattic7293haha yes I had the same conclusion. The person who did that attempt at conservation must have truly thought they did something ! They had to think they provided a good service, and they must have felt proud of themselves - cuz otherwise they wouldn’t have signed it. Like let’s say I tried to restore a painting but severely messed it up in the process. I would feel terrible! I’d be devastated, mortified, and feel super guilty for my actions and resulting failures. I definitely would not sign my name on the back of the original canvas, immortalizing myself and my mistakes for the rest of this paintings life and now for this massive online audience to view and further admonish my shoddy work. Plus it feels disrespectful to sign my own name on an artists work, glorifying myself alongside the artist, as if I were the one who created this art - when in reality, I was the one who made this artwork worse. that’s a terrible legacy. I could not do that to myself, I have high standards and take pride in my work. I care about what I do, so anything with my name on it MUST be quality!

@nightstar1528

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. If I wanted to recreate a painting, I would have gotten a separate canvas, and recreated it on the blank one. Not desecrate the original and ruin it for anybody else who would want to see it.

@zebnemma

7 ай бұрын

The audacity of the previous restorer to completely repaint the whole thing... And then sign it in the back as if they were the creator of the original painting! It smells of jealousy to me, they want to steal the glory for themselves and pretend they are a prestigious painter, it just feels like absolute sabotage like they want to erase the original artist and pretend they created it instead. I would slap a bitch if I personally knew who did that. You don't fuck with art. Art is an expression of the artists soul. This is just as disrespectful as if they had smeared dogshit all over the painting. But in a way I'm kinda glad they did sign it because then there was proof of what clown did that, and proof of what a talentless sabotaging idiot they are too. No denying it.

and there she is. Incredible work sir. The person that over painted her, did her such a disservice and it must be such a feeling of satisfaction to restore her to her original beauty.

I could not believe the cover of paint over this, I was so gobsmacked I called my partner over to see the removal and he is someone who isn't intrigued by these things, but he couldn't walk away and was captivated by how someone could have "restored" a painting like that and then by how much care you take with it. We then got talking about how many other paintings are out there that are "restored".

No wonder he signed it.... he "painted" the entire thing! I really appreciate how you obscured the previous "restorers" name it tells me they are still active and you are not trying to throw them under the bus. That is a testament to your character. Thanks for the video! Have a great week.

@caittails

7 ай бұрын

Good on him for not calling out the other “restorer” by name, but I do hope they see this video and learn from it.

@thecianinator

7 ай бұрын

You can still kinda make out the name underneath the blur though

@mutemeimscared1632

7 ай бұрын

You can clearly see it when he cleans it though, some of it's covered but you can definitely read it

@WladimirWostok

5 ай бұрын

​@@mutemeimscared1632 what's the name of the person? He/she should be publicly shamed!

The colours are literally different in this 'restoration'. I'm a writer. To me it would be like my editor would butcher half of my text instead of touching up the grammar AND posted/published as their own AND got money for it. Like, what the hell? The original colours are so soft. The eyebrows are so detailed. I'm so glad you were able to remove all that nonsense. The signature... It's beyond my understanding.

@rai1879

7 ай бұрын

As a translator... It seems I am a butcher of words /jk😂

@Reynsoon

7 ай бұрын

It would be like all your inspired writing getting replaced with a bunch of 'and then he did this' passages

"Let's take a trip back.." No, thank you, I'm more than satisfied. Beautifully done work and a wonderfully made video. Thank you.

Wow she looks much younger in the original you uncovered. And the previous restoration not only gave her "full coverage makeup" but actually changed the whole painting style into something more geometrical (I'm bad with art style names), particularly around her nose

When you were removing the overpaint from her face, I felt deeply touched to see the original art resurface in all of its beauty. You saved her, quite literally.

@dlsdyer9071

7 ай бұрын

Yes, the soul came back to the painting. I was wondering if the massive overpaint was to disguise an overly aggressive cleaning. I noticed some very abraided areas.

I love the range of fanciness in your tools. You got specialized tables that cost an arm and a leg, and then you have cinder blocks.

@toostressedtobeblessed

3 ай бұрын

Thats so true 😂 the art of chaos

@tj12711

2 ай бұрын

If you need something heavy, flat, durable, and widely available, they're a great tool for the job!

My favorite part is when Julian roasts the previous restorer to absolute FILTH in the most calm, classy voice possible

As someone who does none-professional retouching to paintings (for a low-price on inexpensive art), while I cringe and cry for this poor painting, I feel more comfortable with my work after seeing this abomination, knowing that I do much better jobs with much more reversible paint, more experience, more detail and more love than whatever this was Edit: just posted this comment and I realize some people may hate me for my previous statement… fear not! I’ve gone to a proper art school and learned the basics of conservation!

Ooh! That was nasty! As an embroiderer, what they did to that lace is horrific 😱

@njoshua3265

7 ай бұрын

All that overpaint and they still couldn't follow the lines better than a 4 year old too

it was amazing to see her real face get revealed from under the weird airbrushed yassified overpaint... they basically totally changed her face shape and features (they even got rid of her cleft chin), it's like revealing the actual person underneath the mask. and the actual face is really delicately painted too

That's crazy how different and detailed this ladies face was afterwards

I've seen this painting, always thought it looked odd, too flat, I'm glad to see a softer lady underneath

What struck me was that the woman's eyes were hardly altered. Removing the restauration attempt was like lifting a thick plaster mask off her face: you revealed a human being behind this mask.

@miremsis1121

6 ай бұрын

The eyeballs themselves were hardly altered, but all the tiny details on the eye skin had been erased. Quite impressive to realize how important these are

Hey Julian, I just wanted to say thanks so much. By your videos, I was able to pass an art class I took over the summer. Just some of the terms you have gone over, the professor did an awful job explaining things but I passed the exam because you explained things so well in your videos. It was things like “explain how to stretch a canvas properly”, “how would you explain different painting techniques (referring to patching loss)” and a few other things I can’t remember at the moment. Only five of us passed that exam with passing scores. So thank you. I would likely have failed if it hadn’t been for your videos.

@Splucked

7 ай бұрын

What a wonderful post. Perfect acknowledgment of Julian's ability to effectively convey important information with passion and caring. Education is everything!! Congrats on passing your class and best of luck with whatever you do.

@jennieivins

7 ай бұрын

+

@AM-xo7lr

7 ай бұрын

I hope everyone else asked for their money back. A teacher who fails almost a whole class because they neglect to teach the syllabus is a terrible teacher.

It's amazing how the painting really came back to life is the so-called restoration layer was removed. You could really see the talents and skill the original painter had

😮 I know this comment is late, and might be odd, however here goes: when Julian was cleaning that horrid over paint from her face, I could almost hear her crying tears of relief. What an INCREDIBLE transformation!

Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like if Julian criticises a previous conservator's retouches, only to remove their work and find that the original artist had done the exact same thing.

@moonflower5553

2 ай бұрын

"as you can see, the previous conservator painted over this baby, making him look like a middle aged ma- Oh...no, never mind... that's just an ugly baby..."

I don't think I've ever seen a painting un-painted in real life like that, that was amazing to see.

@madelainepetrin1430

6 ай бұрын

Like washing makeup from a face.

I love your methodical way you are saving this beautiful painting which had been butchered by the “would be restorer”.

Transformed from a bad cartoon to a beautiful, complexly executed portrait of a real human being from the past. The eyes are gorgeous.

Julian reserved all the on camera cursing of his entire KZread career and channeled them into this video 😂

@mrkjsmt

7 ай бұрын

once you become a Patreon, you can enjoy uncesored cursing😂

As you removed that overpaint, I found myself fearing how bad the face MUST be to justify even a fraction of that much overpaint but then... just wow. So much work to fix, but well done and well worth it.

I could not believe the audacity of the previous "restorer" after seeing the stark difference in her face and the shawl around her shoulders! Beautifully fixed as always.

Paint by numbers is an overstatement. He couldn't even paint within the lines.

wow, that face when the overpaint was removed just came to life. So much depth. I feel bad for the previous "conservator". It seems they were given a task that they really weren't up for. Luckily they used removable paints. May the world guide them to learn true archival restoration.

@damogranheart5521

7 ай бұрын

It was mentioned that oil paint was used by the amateur and that because the work had been done relatively lately (2013) that the oil paint had not had time to reach the polymer stage. That's why it came up so easily.

@SierraMysteria

7 ай бұрын

They used oil paints which can be irreversible. It was just fortunate that it was relatively recently. Thus truly was a paint by number rather than a restoration.

Seeing you take off that layer of paint off of her face was like taking off a thick layer of full coverage foundation makeup. The fact that the husband piece didn't have that shows a modern interpretation of how society sees women today: covered in makeup, with a filter. Airbrushed skin.

@Shadowarceus34903

7 ай бұрын

It feels like seeing an upcycle restoration, taking off a thick smooth soft layer to reveal a complex and natural patina underneath

@Vocalinds

7 ай бұрын

That's a good point! They really put makeup on her, didn't they.

I am completely astonished by your patience. I believe that's one of the key abilities that make you so good at your work!

Thank you so much for restoring the beauty of this gorgeous painting.

My jaw dropped for this one. The best example ever of amateur restorer/painter vs professional artist and restorer. The LIFE in the eyes of the original vs the cover-up is just wow. The final restoration is even more astounding. Absolutely amazing job!

@cindykincade589

7 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing about the eyes! What a huge difference!

@isirlasplace91

7 ай бұрын

The expression from the eyes was definitely my favourite part too!! What a difference!!

the relief I felt as you freed her from all that excessive overpaint was palpable, truly beautiful work

there really is just so much soft gentle texture and detail that the past "conservetor" covered up poor lady had to suffer looking like that for YEARS, id be heart broken

THe overpainting was also clearly done with a premix "skin colour", whereas the old masters were working with base colours and blending them together as/when needed to get a 'skin colour' on the page, rather than making one flat colour on their pallate and then applying it to the canvas.

07:50 I GASPED. I thought the overpaint would be amateur but this is on another level!! They didn't even stay true to the shape of the original!! I feel like it's a crime against humanity not to name the person responsible for this so they never get work like this again. Thankfully, Julian's calmer demeanor prevails, and you show once again that you're a professional.

@fordguy8792

6 ай бұрын

My jaw hit the floor when I saw how far outside the original margins that "restorer" went!

The face part felt like removing a thick layer of foundation :D

The life came back into this painting the minute you completed cleaning off the over painting. Sad to think of someone having committed that crime. Glad you were able to save this 'young woman'.

Look at all that depth and technique that was covered up! I bet the person who did this thought the subtlety to the brush strokes was either a mistake or an effect of aging. More likely though, is that this person wants their "art" to take precedent over the original intent. I mean the fact that they signed it in permanent marker just goes to show how little respect they had for the original artist and the artwork itself. Much like that person who ruined that painting of Jesus, ego is the biggest factor in this abomination. I was literally cursing as you started to show it in the beginning. I used to work as a framer and that got me into restoration and appreciation of the accoutrement that helps elevate a work of art. I'm also an artist and designer myself. This channel is such a relaxing place for me to rest my mind. Thank you for sharing your process and your thoughts. Much like tattoos, in restoration, you get what you pay for.