Restoration studio · Barcelona
Conservation and restoration of oil paintings
Painting restoration in Barcelona
Difficult cases, large formats, entire collections… and even small holes from €50.
Looking for a good painting restorer? Alex Víctor Ihnatenko is an excellent choice. And there are good reasons for that.
Trained at several specialist institutions, he combines traditional restoration techniques with modern materials and methods.
During his studies, he specialised in imitating the styles of Botticelli, Raphael, Velázquez, Monet, Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. This training allows him to reconstruct even fragments of paintings that seemed lost forever, while respecting the artist’s original style.
He also masters a specialised canvas relining technique that prevents ripples from forming in the canvas.
What if you want to restore your grandparents’ painting, a work with great sentimental value? It deserves exactly the same care as a collector’s piece. And don’t worry about the budget: each restoration is tailored to what the artwork actually needs, without unnecessary treatments.
Send me a few photos of your painting and let’s talk.
Happy clients. Restored artworks.
Why can restoring the same painting cost much more at one studio than another?
Two restorers may offer you very different estimates for the same painting. And the curious thing is that, at first glance, the results may look almost identical.
The difference often lies in what you cannot see.
Let me give you a real example. An old stretcher, handmade a hundred years ago, may have uneven edges that slowly rub against and cut the canvas from behind. You can clean the painting, recover its colours and repair the damaged areas. The painting will look beautiful. But if you do not fix the problem with the stretcher, the deterioration will continue, even if nobody can see it.
Do you see why two estimates can be so different?
For me, restoring a work of art is a responsibility. It is not simply about achieving an impressive “before and after”. It is about respecting the original painting, caring for its preservation and also doing the work that may never appear in a photograph.
That is why I examine the canvas, the stretcher, the paint layer and previous restorations. If I find a hidden problem, I explain it to you and propose a solution. And if an intervention is not necessary, I will not recommend it either.
My aim is to offer you the highest quality of restoration, not simply the cheapest estimate. Because I would rather do the job properly now than see you return in ten years with the same problem.
What if other restorers have already turned down your painting?
You can still contact me. At my Barcelona studio, I take on complicated cases that other restorers of old paintings prefer not to accept. For example, I have recovered paintings with old wax relinings that other studios had turned down because of their technical difficulty.
I work on the conservation and restoration of old paintings, oil paintings and works of art with tears, accumulated dirt, paint losses and structural damage. I also restore collections and prepare paintings for presentation at auction.
Send me a few photographs of your painting. We will examine it, and I will explain what it needs, what we can recover and how much it would cost.