How to Keep the High-end Portrait Fresh Forever? (Part One)

Referring to oil painting, the most concerned problem is how to reserve it well. Nowadays oil painting has become the new favorite of artwork collection. It doesn’t only decorate the house environment, but also have the characteristics of preservation and appreciation, especially now more and more people will buy the custom-made portrait of themselves to hang on the walls of their villas or office.

Although the preserving time of oil painting is longer than the one of photos and it’s not afraid of the wind and the sun. Insiders also rarely talk about it. If it’s under the long-term sun exposure or get wet in the rain, it still needs special care to prevent the happen of oxidative changes.

First, like people, oil painting is born with a strong or weak foundation. What does that mean? It means that the canvas backing, the deployment of raw materials and the painting techniques have a great relationship with the life of the works. For the excellent works of the professional artists, the authors tend to attach great importance to this issue; therefore their works always have strong foundations. As the holders of high-end oil painting, we should have a further understanding to our own collection to solve the maintenance problem.