Starting in 2015, three remarkable watercolors by Emil Gilliéron were studied and conserved, after more than seventy years in storage, to prepare them for the exhibition Watercolors of the Acropolis: Émile Gilliéron in Athens. See how they did it.
Conserving Gilliéron’s Watercolors
Starting in 2015, three remarkable watercolors by Emil Gilliéron were studied and conserved, after more than seventy years in storage, to prepare them for the exhibition Watercolors of the Acropolis: Émile Gilliéron in Athens. See how they did it.
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Emile Gilliéron
second quarter of the 6th century BCE
Emile Gilliéron
second quarter of the 6th century BCE
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