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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 42744, member: 56&quot;]I have this watercolor (no longer framed) by a local artist, signed and dated ’57.&nbsp; The painting is 18” by 22 ¼” with no significant borders.&nbsp; It was totally glued, wallpapered, to a hardboard backing that measured 19 ¾” by 28”.&nbsp; The mat was glued to the backing and the use of glue on mat and backing was very generous.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/zzz-a_zpsf000738f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/zzz-b_zps9427d206.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/zzz-c_zpseb475261.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I removed the matting and removed the backing and thought the result was pretty good.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hoozzatt/Temp/zzz-d_zps29063d05.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My approach was not to remove the painting from the backing, but to remove the backing from the painting – essentially by peeling it off layer by layer.&nbsp; All the stress and strain went into the backing, which was destroyed in the process, but was garbage anyhow.&nbsp; Sorry, I didn’t take photos of the work in progress, but it took a couple of hours a day over a period of about 4 days.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Loria painting is much smaller, but I would take the same approach in removing the backing from it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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