When the New York Museum of Modern Art wanted to reframe Cezenne's 'The Bather' and Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night', they went directly to the Lowy Frame and Restoring Company.

Since 1907, when Julius Lowy opened a small frame shop in New York at the corner of 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, the fine art world has beat a continuous path to Lowy's door.Originally founded as a frame supplier, the Lowy company today is one of the most respected total fine arts services in the world: from art and furniture restoration to framing and photographic services.

As the oldest and largest institution of its kind in America, the abiding Lowy philosophy is to preserve the original integrity of a work of art employing old-world craftsmanship and the latest in fine arts technology to this end. Master paintings once considered irrevocably "destroyed" are revived; broken ornate frames are rebuilt; oversized frames are reduced; small frames enlarged and new frames created whilst the scars of aging canvasses can be repaired and the ravages of time and environment eradicated. Paintings once thought too delicate to contemplate restoring are gently and sympathetically treated by master craftsman using only materials that are completely reversible. Similarly, fragile canvasses are relined to increase both longevity and value.

"What we do basically is service the fine arts industry", explains Lawrence Shar, President of Julius Lowy Frame and Restoring Company Inc. since 1979. "My father didn't start the company, but as a young man putting himself through school to become an accountant he worked for Julius Lowy to make money. As it turned out, rather suspiciously in hindsight, the Depression hit just as my father was finishing his studies and after due consideration he realised that he would make more money working for Lowy than following his profession".