The content of this diploma thesis is based on the research on the preparation of jute canvas
for painting, which is the type of canvas used in the examined oil painting, Cerkniško jezero,
made by academy-trained painter Lojze Perko in 1954. In painting, jute canvas is usually the
medium for sketches and studies, but is only rarely used for display paintings. Impressionist
painters Jakopič and Sternen also used jute for their works; in their day, jute canvas was the
most affordable. Later, jute also appears in modern art as it represents an excellent material
for executing the artist’s vision, with which he or she can achieve different textures on the
painting’s surface.
The obtained sources and personal research for the diploma thesis enabled me to familiarise
myself with jute as a material, studied the layers of Perko’s painting and present the processes
and possible deviations in building painting layers on a jute support. By producing samples,
I gained enough information to execute conservation-restoration procedures, which were
anticipated in the conservation plan. A big emphasis is on the conservation procedure of
reinforcing painting layers on the painting.
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