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Italian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Painter, art restorer. Frescoes.

In 1860, while working on the Chapel of Castel-Capuano, Abate discovered and restored the frescoes so admired today in the great hall of the Court of Appeal in Naples.

French, 20th century, male.

Born 1878, in Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe.

Painter, draughtsman. Landscapes. Designs for stained glass.

René Allard studied at a painter's workshop in Angers, where he specialised in the restoration of stained glass windows. He lived and worked in Chartres (a renowned centre for stained glass window making) for many years, and was then appointed a teacher of glass painting in Paris at the Hôtel Salé, today the Picasso Museum. He exhibited his work in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français ...

Italian, 20th – 21st century, female.

Born 24 March 1955, in Millesimo (Savona).

Sculptor (marble/bronze), draughtswoman, pastellist, art restorer. Mythological figures. Statues, groups, low reliefs.

Claudia Amari entered the Accademia di Brera in Milan in 1974, and also trained in the marble-working studios of Sem Ghelardini, Palla and Grossi in Pietrasanta and Carrara. Then in ...

French, 20th – 21st century, female.

Born 1958.

Painter, art restorer.

Andréa trained as a copyist and conservator of paintings from 1974 to 1978, while continuing to work on her own art. She has a Master's degree in Chinese arts and letters, and is pursuing further study in this area at the fine arts academies in Beijing and Shanghai....

Argentinian, 20th century, male.

Active in France.

Watercolourist.

Ansa is a teacher of graphic arts and colour theory at the French Institute for the Restoration of Art. In the book The Eagle's Secret (Albin-Michel, 2000), Henri Gougaud describes the turbulent career of Luis Ansa, the 'painter-shaman'. He teaches oriental lacquering, wash procedures and painting in Paris. The Adac gallery and studio held a solo exhibition of his works in Paris in ...

French, 20th – 21st century, female.

Born 1961.

Painter, watercolourist, pastellist. Figure compositions, portraits.

Orientalism.

Bérengère Bekkaoui has taken courses in painting and restoration. She exhibits in the Salons of the Val-d'Oise, and has been awarded honours.

French, 20th century, male.

Born 16 November 1921, in Paris; died 9 February 1974.

Painter (including gouache), art restorer. Figure compositions, figures, portraits, landscapes, flowers, fruit, still-lifes. Stage sets.

Richard Bellias studied at the académies libres in Paris. He was a pupil of Othon Freisz, at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and the sculptor Robert Wlérick, at the École des Arts Appliqués. His work also shows the influence of his mentor, François Desnoyer. After meeting Édouard Goerg around ...

Belgian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 18 June 1876, in Mechelen; died 2 October 1953, in Limoges, France.

Painter, enameller, art restorer. Portraits.

Philippe Victor van den Bergh was a student at the academy of fine arts in Mechelen in 1890. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in ...

French, 20th – 21st century, female.

Born 2 March 1951, in Cannes.

Painter (gouache), draughtsman, illustrator. Scenes with figures.

Myriam Bering obtained a diploma in museum conservation at the École du Louvre in Paris. She is the author of a thesis on The Transparencies Period in the Work of Picabia...

French, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 17 January 1866, in Vienne; died 7 January 1931, in Boulogne-sur-Seine.

Painter, sculptor, draughtsman, watercolourist, illustrator. Figures. Monuments.

The son of a stonemason employed on the restoration of monuments in the Rhône valley, Joseph Antoine Bernard accompanied his father from the age of 12, learning the art of direct stone-carving which he was subequently to practice throughout his life. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyons, and under Pierre Jules Cavelier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris for a six-month period in ...

Spanish, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 15 April 1867, in Valencia; died 1945, in Barcelona.

Painter, art restorer. Figure compositions, portraits, interiors, landscapes, seascapes.

Borras y Abella was the son of Vicente Borras y Mompo, from whom he received his first painting lessons. He then studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, where he later became a professor. Though he specialised in portraiture, Borras y Abella also painted extensive compositions with figures, as well as landscapes and seascapes. He was also a skilled conservator, and worked for Catalan collectors and Spanish museums....

French, 20th century, male.

Born 27 March 1937, in Veigné.

Painter, sculptor, art restorer.

Australian, 20th – 21st century, male.

Active in France.

Born 1959.

Painter. Scenes with figures.

Gil Bruvel lived first in the south of France, where he worked as a picture restorer before beginning to produce his own paintings. He retains from his early training as a restorer a smooth and precise technique. This has perhaps encouraged his taste for fantastic themes that derive from Surrealist imagery. These require a particularly detailed technique and are reminiscent of the cosmic imagination of Hieronymus Bosch in ...

Dutch, 20th century, male.

Born 1894, in Sprang; died 1949.

Painter, sculptor (including wood), draughtsman (including charcoal/ink), decorative artist, art restorer. Figure compositions, figures, scenes with figures, genre scenes, landscapes with figures, seascapes, animals.

In 1906, Hendrik Chabot's family settled in Rotterdam, where he worked as a decorative artist as well as attending evening classes at the art academy. In ...

Italian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Active also active in Argentina.

Born 1859, in Montecassino; died 1932, in Santa Fe, Argentina.

Painter, art restorer. Religious subjects, still-lifes.

Cingolani was a pupil of Seitz, decorative director of the papal palaces in Rome, until 1880. During the pontificate of Leo XIII, he took part in the restoration of Raphael's Logge, the Borgia apartments and the Sistine Chapel, in particular Michelangelo's ...

Swiss, 20th century, male.

Born 22 March 1879, in Geneva; died 8 November 1945, in Lausanne.

Painter (including gouache), pastellist, illustrator, decorative artist, art restorer. Scenes with figures, figures, portraits, waterscapes. Frescoes, designs for stained glass, designs for mosaics, church decoration, stage sets.

Alexandre Cingria was descended from a famous Levantine family and the brother of the writer Charles-Albert Cingria. He studied at the university and art schools in Geneva, the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the academies in Munich and on several occasions in Florence. He started painting in ...

French, 20th century, male.

Born 19 October 1911, in Pierrefitte-sur-Loire.

Painter.

In 1927, André Civet studied under Lucien Simon at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the free academies in Montparnasse. He was initially employed on the restoration of historical monuments, but subsequently chose to work in isolation, in his own studio. He exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries in ...

Belgian, 20th century, male.

Born 1866, in Antwerp; died 1940.

Painter, art restorer. Figures, portraits, interiors, still-lifes, urban landscapes.

Having studied at the academy in Antwerp, Paul Claes became a restorer at Antwerp Museum.

Italian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 24 June 1842, in Agnona; died 5 January 1912, in Aosta.

Sculptor (wood).

Comoletti specialised in the restoration of paintings and in making copies.

French, 20th century, male.

Born 6 July 1928, in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Sculptor (wood).

At the age of 14, Pierre Dedieu began an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker with a restorer of antique furniture. During a long period in New Caledonia, he studied the techniques of Kanac sculpture and African art more generally. His first works, Surrealist in inspiration, date ...