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How works of art are cleaned, conserved, and restored
Here's how old paintings get cleaned. Conservator Julian Baumgartner specializes in painting restoration. Here's how he breathes new life into old paintings. Julian works with paintings in all ...
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‘The Chick’ changes hands: Freshman Reps. Michael Baumgartner and Emily Randall inherit famously bad painting as part of Congressional tradition
signs the back of “The Chick,” a painting that has been passed on between the most junior members of Washington state’s congressional delegation since 1972, as Michael Baumgartner ...
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'The Chick' changes hands: Freshman Reps. Michael Baumgartner and Emily Randall inherit famously bad painting as part of Congressional tradition
Jan. 23—The newest members of Congress from Washington were officially welcomed to the state's delegation on Thursday with the ceremonial transfer of "The Chick," a famously ugly painting that ...