About Us

Joseph Hammer, Painting Conservator
Professional Associate Member of The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
(AIC) since 1990.
Also a member of
The International Institute of Conservation (I.I.C.)
The Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC)

Joseph Hammer has worked on the staff of Conservation of Paintings Limited in Los Angeles for 15 years before founding his private practice in 1999. He has also worked for the Bishop Museum in Honolulu and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

To suit the specific conservation needs of contemporary works of art, he has acquired extensive knowledge in modern materials and techniques through continued professional development and by collaborating with many LA artists both professionally and artistically.

Conservation techniques and treatment procedures are informed by over 25 years of experience treating works of private and corporate clients, libraries, galleries, dealers and artists.

Joseph Hammer has the specialized equipment and skill necessary to carry out all aspects of painting restoration and conservation including complex structural treatments, such as canvas lining and tears mending, using only conservation-grade materials.

Hammer Conservation is dedicated to the preservation of the material integrity of the work of art into the future, with the utmost respect for the artist's original intention, both aesthetically and conceptually.

Select list of artists whose work he has treated:

Josef Albers Jean-Michel Basquiat Ross Bleckner Claire Falkenstein Vija Celmins John Chamberlain Sam Francis Keith Haring David Hockney Hans Hofmann Alex Katz Roy Lichtenstein Larry Bell Mary Corse Agnes Martin Robert Motherwell Elizabeth Murray Louise Nevelson Kenneth Noland Lita Albuquerque Arman Kim Dingle

Robert Rauschenberg Ed Ruscha Frank Stella Andy Warhol Alexander Calder Willem de Kooning Richard Diebenkorn Helen Frankenthaler Robert Indiana George Segal Chris Burden Bruce Conner Karel Appel William Leavitt George Herms Ron Davis Robert Therrien Billy Al Bengston Ed Moses Charles Arnoldi Sigmar Polke Anselm Kiefer Georgia O’Keeffe Ellsworth Kelly Franz Kline Yves Klein Joan Mitchell Cy Twombly

Located in Arcadia California serving greater Los Angeles and Orange County