Go behind the scenes with Biltmore Associate Curator, Meghan Forest, as she discusses the process of working with Painting Conservator, Ruth Cox, to restore two original landscape paintings by Impressionist artist Claude Monet for reintroduction to the Biltmore House collection and display in Biltmore's Salon.
Read more about this preservation project on our blog: www.biltmore.c...
About the artwork: "Strada Romana à Bordighera," an Italian landscape painted in 1884 by Claude Monet, was purchased by George W. Vanderbilt in 1892. In addition, Vanderbilt acquired another Monet landscape entitled "Belle-Île, le chenal de Port-Goulphar" (1886), which remains in the Biltmore collection today.
About the conservator: Ruth Cox is a painting conservator based out of Durham, North Carolina. Learn more: coxpaintingcon...
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