Conservation and Restoration of Oil Paintings in The Berkshires 01230

 

Valentine Michalski was educated at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design.  He was apprenticed for three years to Thornton Rockwell who was Chief Conservator at the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, CT, where Mr. Michalski later worked.  

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In over forty years of private practice in the Berkshires, Valentine Michalski's clients have included:

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• The Vanderbilt Mansion Historic Site

• The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Home

• The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA

• The Salisbury Association, Salisbury, CT

• The Scoville Library, Salisbury, CT

• The Holy Family Church, Pittsfield, MA

• Lutcher Memorial Chapel, Orange, TX

• Saint Brigid's Church, Amherst, MA

• The Berkshire School, Sheffield, MA

• Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, NYC, NY

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Trustees of Reservations including pieces from the collections of:

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• Mission House, Stockbridge, MA

• The Paine House, Castle Hill, Ipswich, MA

• William Cullen Bryant Home, Cummington, MA

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In addition he has done extensive work for private clients and antiques dealers.

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