"Before you can fill the void, you must prepare the void." I feel like there's a life lesson in there somewhere

The intro was pretty funny, I like the idea of the dog being accused in an interrogation art room 😂

PLEASE keep giving us background info on the paintings if you can. It gives us more context. Especially for works like this one.

I'm currently in the Ukrainian army and your videos really help me stay sane. Thank you.

What you said about retouching and perfectionism really hit me hard. While I logically understand that it's often impossible to achieve perfection, or even "good enough", after just one try, I still struggle heavily with the idea of not getting it right the first time. In fact, perfectionism is typically what keeps me from trying new things in the first place! Thank you for sharing your experience, and for putting it so eloquently.

When I first saw your completed work I kept thinking: "why didn't Julian fix that little black smudge near the damaged section?" then I saw the original picture. You are way too good! Thanks for sharing your videos.

The dog ate my Picasso! The best part of these videos is the pacing. Calm, steady, and dare I say, _rhythmic_ even? So many videos out there do the audio cuts where there's literally no time to breathe between words. We need more calm in the world. :)

I would love to see a restoration of a watercolor piece if you have one come into your studio. My art background is in watercolor and it would be really interesting to see which techniques for restoration transfer over and which are different.

I am blown away by the completeness of the repair. Only because I knew where the hole was did I know where to look. Had you shown the picture and your post repair work before you showed the damage, I wouldn't have had a clue. Thanks, Julian for your education (papermaking) and for sharing this lovely piece of work.

This post-damage picture really shows what an amazing job you did. I'm no modern art lover, but I find beautiful art in your work itself. In this case even more than in the piece itself. Kudos.

What a gift to have a picture pre-damage! Makes me want to go take a picture of all my artwork!

I love it when you have posted a new work. Abstract/Cubism/Surrealism isn't my cup of tea and that's okay. What makes this palatable is that you are the one doing the work. Your soothing voice and calm explanations make it so worthwhile. Great job on the restoration/conservation of the piece. It looks as if it were never damaged in the first place 🥰

i love when he gets small, relatively “simple” projects like this that he can enjoy to the fullest as a change of pace! something quick (comparatively, anyway) and with a photograph of the original to work from? must be a whole different ballgame from the massive ones that he has to puzzle out on his own. regardless, excellent video as always! love seeing the skill and care put into these things :]

I do prefer cubism to surrealism, but I had no idea there was a whole prestigious group created to counteract it! The more you know 🎉

The patience, attention to detail, and expertise are what make this channel such a treat to watch. Very relaxing to watch and listen to you doing these restorations. I would go as far as calling you the Bob Ross of restorations. Keep up the great content.

I love when you restore abstract pieces its a refreshing change

Your channel inspired me to study conservation of cultural heritage at uni😊

What a neat little project. So glad they had a photo, I feel like the painting is so small and the blocks are exact enough that you could change the composition very easily.

Thank you for introducing me to LeRoy Turner. That painting is a tiny jewel.

I never had an appreciation for abstract schools of art until I started watching your channel. Thanks for expanding my interests.

That was an incredible repair Julian. I had no idea where you’d begin. I had wondered if the missing piece was lost or to badly damaged? None the less, incredible job. See you in the next installment.

It was great fun to see some different techniques come into play. Papermaking directly into the damaged area was unexpected. Thanks for keeping us on our toes!

I’m doing my VCE art year 12 and I just wanted to say your work is amazing! So glad I came across you! Hello from Australia ❤

While I know what ‘distilled water’ is, because it’s Julian, my brain imagined it spelled as ‘de stijl-ed’! 🤣 Art history minor degree! ❤️

After seeing so many videos you've made where the painting is super dramatic, as in it fights you every step of the way, I was happy to see this one that was such a breeze, comparatively! I admit, I was stumped by the idea of having to repair cardboard! But you knew how! And that's cuz you're the expert LOL You make a 100% valid point - pick up a bunch of skills, never know when you'll need em! The comparison with the image of the pre-damaged painting and your post-conservation painting was SPOT ON indeed! Totally justified to give yourself a bit of back-patting there XD I'm definitely one of those who "don't like modern art" but I find this abstract piece pleasant to look at. Especially knowing it was based on classical music pieces that the artist listened to while working. Reminds me of the movie Fantasia that left such a huge mark on me as a kid. (I saw there on the back that there was a sticker with provenance, saying Untitled, so hey, good on you for going with the theme of music for the vid!) So hey, this video of yours legit made me appreciate abstract art more! So your work really IS out here changing hearts and minds :)

What a great diminutive painting. A lot of punch for its small size. Beautiful. Well done restoration....

It's so cool to see you working on and with different materials. :)

Ahh I miss watching Art Restoration vids here, a lot of catching up to do if ever!!

It is always a pleasure to come along with you on these projects. It is entertaining, educational and rewarding to see an artists vision restored.

Such a beautifull little painting and another fantastic conservation amazing Baum helped me relax after a long night shift of hgv driving keep up the fantastic work 👌

I love that this painting has layers to it - you can see it in the yellow-ish part (and then also in the greens) that there was something else underneath, red lines and a dark petal-/eyeshape, and the top-layer of paint was deliberately kept thin enough so you can see through it if you get closer to the painting.

WE LOVE YOU SIR RESTORATION

I never understood a word about the artists, the genre, or anything else about abstract art. The best part of that, is that I don't have to in order to enjoy these restorations. I don't have to be an art expert to appreciate how well Julian does his job, or how hard he works! Love this channel!

I enjoy seeing the finished artwork just as much as the processes that are undertaken to repair/restore it! Thank you, Julian, for a nice neat documentary of a lovely painting!

Amazing restoration! Very very accurate to the photograph! The problem with damage to parts of an abstract or abstract expressionist is that any random colors, textures and shapes could have been in its place. The arrangements of color and texture are completely in the mind of the artist with no reference point to go by without a photograph of the undamaged artwork. A portrait or still life or iconography always has an image reference to go by in creating a restoration. A damaged hand for instance can still be reproduced whether it was on the portrait of a Duke from real life history or a mythical creature such as a cherub, angel or character from Greek legend because we know what a human hand should look like and repairing the image is just a matter of reproducing it in the artist's style. Imagine being the restorationist having to touch up a Jackson Pollock 😱🙈! Well done Julian 👏 ✔ 👍

Incredible work Julian, and such a lovely little painting! And thank you for introducing me to Mr. Leroy Turner, I'm really enjoying his work!

Oh, I was wondering if a photograph of the painting was available as a reference because of the size of the hole relative to the entire painting. Doing without using only a client for direction I expect would be tricky.

Dude, you nailed this one. Right out of the gate you hit the mark matching the lavender grey color. Nicely done.

I always love to see you working on a different style of art!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️

,уважаю ваш талант и как вы любите вашу работу. Спасибо вам что вы доносите до нас такие прекрасные работы.

So excited for a new upload!

Another change of pace, thank you for spoiling us, Julian, and thank you to that gorgeous little painting's owner for letting us experience it.

A modern work on cardboard. So nice to see a more modern work on your channel! I love all eras of fine art, from cave paintings to 18th Century realism to impressionism, post impressionism, Harry Who-I love it all. And what you have to know and learn to do what you do-not only repairing canvas, but repairing cardboard, for Pete’s sake! In this tiny painting: chemistry, physics, retouching, watercolor, papermaking, art history-I love the variety of what you do.

"As long as you are working towards better, that's okay." Thank you for the reminder!

As always great job. I personally don't care for this type of art but you saved it and that's what matters.

Super interesting to see how a paper restoration is done and I loved that little piece. Something about the size and colors makes it special

Well done repair. Very nice explanation of the artist and style of art. Thank you.

yay !!!! A new vid, I'm so happy right now I can't wait to watch it with a cup of tea. Thank you Julian !

Good job putting the paperpulp precisely on the peculiar penetration in this pretty painting.

Fabulous painting - it looks perfect in that frame. Modern yet of its time. Nice job.

That was an amazing little project, Julian. Thank you for sharing it with us. I like that we got to go to the fibre of this beautiful piece.

this has to be your best restoration yet in terms of accuracy. its flawless. cant even see a hint of damage. what a difference having a reference picture makes! Bravo!

Unique presentation and job that we haven’t seen at Baumgartner Restoration before. It was really fascinating about the paper pulp and painting the back of the pulp. Why didn’t the water in the water color on the back of pulp cause dampness to it? Im assuming that it wasn’t a problem because Julien wouldnt have done it.

I love both your big and small projects. The small ones provide more variety of problems to solve but it's nice to go back to the "same" procedures which I like.

I feel happy whenever a new Baumgartner video comes up 🥰

Excellent execution - i'm really surprised by how good this turned out.

Amazing skill sets, beautifully sympathetic restoration Julian.

Thanks for the art history. More like this please. I see that the image wraps around the board. Did the artist intend for it to be displayed this way? I like it, but that frame is a work of art too. Your thoughts?

You could possibly buy a spare set of blades for the blender and blunt the cutting edges to try and replicate a beater. Cheers

It's always a pleasure to see you work on beautiful art, it's an art itself

This was a "fun" and different repair! When the video first started, I was wondering how you were going to repair cardboard. Never even crossed my mind that you'd make your own paper! Very cool!

Girl you ATE that!

I live in Chicago so I have access to amazing art but I love watching you because I get to see art I will never get to see otherwise. My favorite story about the art institute is when I took my granddaughter when she was about five to see Sunday in the park. I had bought the book for her and had read it to her many times, but this was our big adventure. We looked at so many paintings, and I would tell her the name of the artist, and she would ask me well where is Mr. so-and so. I would tell her that he was dead after about the fifth artist who I had said was dead. She asked me is everyone here dead. I told her yes Lizzie pretty much if your pictures in this museum you’re dead so sometimes seeing pictures of people who are more recently, dad and Lorelei are very enjoyable thank you for your videos.

I enjoy the fact that you are talking about the materials used in the restoration more.

I love when you have Modern Art pieces. In many ways I think it would be harder to do since so many unusual materials and techniques are used.

There's a whole optical illusion going on with that frame; it's perfect to showcase the painting. Good work on the repair and retouching. :D

Wow, I love that painting. As usual, you did a wonderful job.

Whatever degree you have, they should add "Engineer" to the end of it. And yet, as much as I admire your methods of restoring structure, I am constantly blown away by your ability to match color. True, I have tired old eyes, and I'm seeing everything distorted countless times electronically, but you make it appear so effortless.

Effortless mastery is so enjoyable to watch. Thanks for producing these videos.

For some reason, I love the way you say "paper pulp"!

Julian you have the most calming voice I’ve ever heard. 😂 Love your videos - always entertaining and educational!

That was lucky! Uploaded 29 seconds ago! Thanks for all your videos, from another KZfaq channel ❤

miss biggggg projects!!!

I love your voice Julian. I really look forward to your videos. Please put out more!!

It really surprised me when that soggy pulp went down. I'd been expecting to hear all about the importance of keeping that cardboard dry. A good reminder that, no matter how many hours of KZfaq you watch on a subject, the people who made the video are the ones who actually know what they're doing.

Each project has such interesting variations. Love it. Thanks for sharing

It is amazing all of the techniques that you have at your disposal. You keep surprising us with new things all the time. That's part of the charm of your channel.

I was wondering how you were going to solve this. So interesting! You sure have a well-filled bag of tricks ☺️ It is such a pleasure, watching a Master craftsman at work. Thank you for giving us the opportunity 🥰

bloomin marvellous!!..... blimey you're good, sir......

The age-old excuse -- "The dog ate my artwork!" 🤣😂🤣

I really enjoyed watching you work on the smaller project

I really like this painting.

it really didn't look like much damage, but the difference at the end! WOW! its so joyful... I can see why the owners invested in this wonderful peice.

I really love these different media projects.

Great work. I hope the owners were thrilled by the restoration.

I love the personality of this little painting! It's so fun and slithery. I have no idea why people in your comment section seem to be averse to abstract art. Art is in and of itself an abstraction of our world.

Well done. Neat seeing the pictures of the original compared to after you were finished.

What a beautiful job on a delightful picture!

So happy you posted a new adventure, thank you.

Awesome! New concerns along with new techniques to deal with them. Really enjoyed this one!

Beautiful just beautiful as always

I always feel so calm and have a feeling of right when the projects are finished. Thank you.

Another technique that demonstrates your knowledge and skill! Very cool!

I'll be honest, I didn't even notice the big gaping hole in the picture until you pointed it out. Kinda one of the drawbacks of seeing abstract art is that it becomes more difficult to tell if it's damage or intentional.

That frame is gorgeous! 🥰

Just wonderful !👌

Again! Great job.👍🎈🙋🏻‍♀️👏👏👏👏🪄

Amazing 👏! I have wanted to go to school for this forever! You inspire me. ✨️

Boy that frame totally smothers the painting.

Nice job! And I like the Bell & Ross. Wearing mine right now.