Images of restored and reframed 19th century paintings, as discussed on the Saturday Morning programme of 19 December 2015 by Kim Hill and Mary Kisler, Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Mary talks about the need to restore and reframe such works in order to put them on display, and the collegiality between arts institutions that helkps this take place.
1. Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) - Thisbe (1870s). Oil on canvas, 1410 x 697mm.
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.
Gift of Lord Leverhulme, 1924.
2. William Richmond (1842-1921) - A Greek Water Carrier in Egypt. Oil on canvas, 1830 x 1070mm. Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.
Gift of Lord Leverhulme, 1924.
3. Frederick Goodall (1822-1904) - Flight into Egypt (1884). Oil on canvas, 2620 x 4130mm. Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased for the Gallery by public subscription, 1922.
4. Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) - A Dream (1860). Oil on canvas, 1651 x 932mm. Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Purchased 1925.
5. Frederic Leighton - Spirit of the Summit (1894). Oil on canvas, 1987 x 1016mm.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki . Gift of Moss Davis, 1926.
6. Frederic Leighton - Melittion (1892). Oil on canvas, 1219 x914mm. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Gift of Moss Davis, 1927.
7. A Dream, on display at Auckland Art Gallery in its original frame.
8. Staff member at Manawatu Museum Services Ltd applying gesso to the timber frame for A Dream.
9. Removing decorative motifs from mould prior to applying to the frame.
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.
