Richard Zahler B.Sc.; Dip. Cons. Lane House, Fowgill, Bentham, Lancaster, Lancs.  LA2 7AH Great Britain
Fine Art Restorer / Restoration Disaster Recovery
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Rapid Response Specialist Disaster Recovery & Damage Limitation Fine Art Restorer, Gilder & Conservator Member of: United Kingdom Institute of Conservation (UKIC) The Conservation Unit Register

Richard Zahler at work in his studio (Photo by Bill Wilkinson)

Qualities		Categories of Work
Restorer to the British Lake District Clients: Public Galleries and Museums, Stately Homes, Discerning Private Collectors, Auction Houses Trained within the great British Fine Art tradition Qualified chemist Works restored, ensuring retention of original character Work carried out in 'situ'. Quick turn around if required Temporary restoration carried out at short notice Fluent German, Swiss German and French spoken Artefacts can be collected and returned personally or by private courier Customer orientated - pricing negotiable subject to extent of work and timescale required "Six valuable Lowry paintings, which have rarely been seen in public have been restored to their original glory by a restorer whose painstaking attention to detail is winning him commissions....... Mr Zahler has had to use all his ingenuity and skill to restore the works, some of which had suffered badly over the years....... The paintings... are among 22 Lowry's on display at the Tullie House Museum, City of Carlisle, Cumbria." "Mr Zahler....... is used to devising his own system of doing things.  He restores all type of paintings, maps, drawings and almost any work of fine art.  He has even restored Japanese works of art composed on delicate rice paper." Extracts from: Yorkshire Life (March '92) and Lancashire Life (May '92) Used by kind permission of the publisher.		Easel Paintings Pastels Prints Drawings Watercolours Maps Architectural Drawings Polychrome Sculptures Mural & Ceiling Paintings Icons Oriental Works of Art Frame Restorations

Examples of Past Commissions
Before	After

Clients Public Museums and Galleries Abbot Hall  - Gallery and Museum of Lakeland Life,                        Cumbria (1982 - 1992) Lancaster City Museum, Lancs. Whitehaven Museum, Cumbria Blackburn City Art Gallery, Lancs. Haworth Museum and Art Gallery, Lancs. Grosvenor Museum, City of Chester, Cheshire Auctioneers Bonhams Christie's Phillips Sotheby's Castles Culzean Castle, Scotland Glamis Castle, Scotland Holyrood Palace, Scotland Taymouth Castle, Scotland Prestigious Clients National Trust for Scotland Earl of Lonsdale Lord Whitelaw Bishop of Carlisle Earl of Carlisle

Artists Aspinall Sam Bough Heaton Cooper David Cox Matisse David Roberts Turner George Morland Whistler Rubens Ruskin Ha Van Vuong Woodhouse Beatrix Potter Romney Lanseer Kneller Herring Gainsborough Reynolds Wouverman Matthias Reed Samuel Palmer Lowry Ben Nicholson Stubbs Ibbetson

For further information and details please contact Richard Zahler
Address: Lane House, Fowgill Bentham, Lancaster Lancs.  LA2 7AH Great Britain	Tel: +44 (0)15242 61998 Fax: +44 (0)15242 61252 or alternatively by e-mail to: richardzahler@hotmail.com

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