History written in pictures. Conservation-restoration of oil paintings by the artist Wacław Piotrowski

DZIDUCH ZAWADZKA PosterAuthors: Joanna Dziduch and Monika Zawadzka
Mentor: Joanna Czernichowska, MA, Professor

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art (Poland)
Study programme: Integrated undergraduate and graduate course of study in conservation-restoration
Specialization: Conservation-restoration of paintings and polychrome sculpture (5th year of study and 6th year of study)

Abstract
The poster presents two paintings by the Polish painter Wacław Piotrowski. The history of the paintings is related to the history of the city of Warsaw. The paintings were created from 1912 to 1915. They were badly damaged during World War II and underwent conservation-restoration 75 years later, at the Faculty of Conservation-Restoration of the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw. The main conservation-restoration problem were extensive losses in the canvas and paint layer, which required a lot of retouching. The treatment aimed at stopping the deterioration of the paintings, stabilizing the material of the works and restoring the aesthetic values, which had been lost over the years.

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DZIDUCH Joanna mZAWADZKA Monika mShort biographies
MONIKA ZAWADZKA graduated from an art high school with a specialization in graphics. Currently she attending the 5th year of conservation-restoration studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw where she is specializing in conservation-restoration of paintings and polychrome wooden sculpture

JOANNA DZIDUCH is in the process of working on and writing her master's thesis to obtain a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She also studied contemporary painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, which she graduated in 2019 (MA). She is now specializing in conservation-restoration of paintings and polychrome wooden sculpture.