During his employ he was instructed not only to restore paintings, but to alter them and make them better.

The Great Depression of 1931 stopped these stays and obliged him to take a job in a workshop restoring paintings.

It was through his work restoring paintings that he met Sacha Guitry and they became friends.

At the same time, he decided to learn how to restore paintings, so in 1810 he received travel grant, partly by the Prince's support.

"It is my profession to restore paintings and the more in need of repair they are, the more interesting the task becomes."

Gabriel tried to imagine how he would feel if his ability to restore paintings was suddenly taken from him.

It's where I learned how to restore paintings.

Painting restorers preserve and restore damaged and faded paintings.

Addy Abraham is 32, single, childless and dissatisfied with her work restoring paintings for a Manhattan museum.

His ability to restore old paintings gained for him the good will and some extra money in many monasteries on the way.