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2023, "Endangered Art Conserved"
Daniel Garber’s painting style is grounded in his academic training at institutions like the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and his exposure to French Impressionist painting. Farm Lane exemplifies his unique adaptation of Impressionism in its poetic rendering of rolling hills blanketed in diffused light.
Conservators cleaned the surface of this painting and then worked to stabilize areas of paint that were lifting, tenting, and cupping. They filled paint losses with a calcium carbonate compound and inpainted those sections with conservation pigments. Finally, a fresh coat of varnish was applied. To address the damaged frame, conservators filled in missing and broken pieces. They applied gold leaf to match the surrounding areas, and then the entire frame was polished with gilded wax to renew its luster.Label
2024, “Endangered Art: Reclaiming a Legacy”
Daniel Garber’s painting style is grounded in his training at institutions like the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and his exposure to French Impressionism. Farm Lane exemplifies his unique adaptation of Impressionism in its poetic rendering of rolling hills blanketed in diffused light.
Conservators cleaned the surface of the painting and then stabilized areas of paint that were lifting, tenting, and cupping. They filled paint losses with a calcium carbonate compound and in-painted those sections. Then, a fresh coat of varnish was applied. Conservators filled in missing and broken pieces of the frame and applied gold leaf. The frame was polished with gilded wax to renew its luster.Label
2024 post:
Throughout 2024, we're looking back at the 100 year history of art at the Mulvane. Daniel Garber created "Farm Lane" in 1924, the year the Mulvane Art Museum opened to the public. This painting exemplifies his unique take on impressionist techniques in its hazy rendering of hills blanketed in diffused light. It was recently conserved through the Mulvane's Endangered Art Program, which supports the technical study and conservation of paintings in the permanent collection.Label
(from 2014.Old Walks and New)
Daniel Garber, American, 1880-1958
Farm Lane, 1924, oil on canvas
One of the most prominent of the Pennsylvania Impressionists, Garber lived in rural Lumberville, Bucks County, near Philadelphia, and this canvas, like many of his works, was painted there. Garber studied in France in 1905. Here the high-key color and gestural brushstrokes indicate the influence of the French Impressionists that he so admired.