Name: CAM Presents: The Art of Asian Painting Conservation with Qian He
Start: 2025-10-05T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-05T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Cincinnati Art Museum

CAM Presents: The Art of Asian Painting Conservation with Qian He
Sunday, October 5, 2–3 p.m.
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Conservation of East Asian scroll paintings is an ancient art, which requires specialized skills and a particular type of expertise. In this lecture, Qian He will introduce this art form by sharing his experiences treating numerous Chinese and Japanese paintings in both museums and private collections. Using specific examples, He will help us gain a better understanding of the unique Chinese restoration techniques of cleaning, repairing, and remounting.
About the speaker:
Qian He is a fourth-generation art conservator from Beijing. He has worked as a conservator of Chinese painting and an instructor at the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage in Beijing. He currently serves as Asian Art Conservator and leads the conservation laboratory at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
image credit: Buddha with Pupils, Korea, 18th century, ink and color on silk, Gift of Dr. Martin Fischer,1957.382
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