I know there are a lot of photographers out there that are knowledgeable of the
art world. I have a question about the painting depicted in the attached link.
This painting was given to my Mother many years ago by an elderly aunt who
lived in central Kentucky. I have always assumed that it was painted by a
local artist, but had no luck tracing the source. When it came into my hands
about twenty years ago, the frame was in need of refinishing, so I disassembled
the painting to work on the frame. What I discovered was that the canvas was
wrapped around and glued to a sheet of glass. At some point, the glass had
been severely cracked. I carefully assembled all of the glass pieces and taped
up the glass to hold it all together.
My question is this: Is this a common practice, backing up canvas with glass?
I have never encountered it before.
The painting is shown here:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Painting.jpg.html
Comments and answers welcomed.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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