Eli Wilner has pioneered the creation and restoration of the perfect frame to house invaluable paintings. For the past forty years, he has been chosen to perform frame restorations for the most prestigious public and private art collections worldwide. One such project was the re-creation of the mammoth, eagle-crowned, gilded frame for Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851).
After completing his BA and MA in fine art, Wilner was a Bryant Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1995 to 1999. He has been a member of the Director’s Circle of the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 1997 and in 1998 he served on the board of trustees for the New York Academy of Art. In 1983 he founded Eli Wilner & Company, an institution of expert carvers, gilders, and mold-makers who make the world’s finest resource for antique American and European frames.
After completing his BA and MA in fine art, Wilner was a Bryant Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1995 to 1999. He has been a member of the Director’s Circle of the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 1997 and in 1998 he served on the board of trustees for the New York Academy of Art. In 1983 he founded Eli Wilner & Company, an institution of expert carvers, gilders, and mold-makers who make the world’s finest resource for antique American and European frames.
