The Chemistry of the Canvas: Returning the Red to a Renoir
Renoir’s “Madame Léon Clapisson” (1883), with its current state on the left & digitized restoration on the right (all images courtesy Art Institute of Chicago)
Art as we see it now isn’t always as the artist intended. After the paint dries, there’s still chemistry happening on the canvas.
An exhibition currently at the Art Institute of Chicago is exploring one such alteration of a 19th century…
