Marion BOSC Painting restorer

• Conservation and restoration of paintings from the XV^th to the XXI^th century, on canvas, wood and cooper.

Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, MUCEM (Marseille), Musée Fabre à Montpellier, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh à Arles, Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux, Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Bordeaux, Musée d'Art Yacinthe Rigaud in Perpignan, Musée Paul Valéry in Sète, Musée de Lodève, Musée du Temps in Besançon, Musée des Cultures Taurines in Nîmes, Musée des Comtes de Provence in Brignoles, Musée des Explorations du Monde in Cannes, Christie’s Paris, private collectors.

• In-depth condition report for the paintings collection care survey : Musée Fabre in Montpellier since 2020 (600 studied paintings).

• Condition reports of paintings during installation and de-installation of temporary exhibitions: Petit Palais (Paris, France), Cobra Museum (Amstelveen, The Netherlands), Fondazione Museuo Roma (Rome, Italy).

• Public awareness

Radio interview in 2022 for France Bleu Hérault on what is a restorer’s task during a temporary exhibiton installation at Musée de Lodeve, « from Corot to Sima, Landscape in majesty, art works from Musée de Reims ». Public conferences in 2021 and 2022 on an in-depth technical study of a Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Wagons de chemin de fer à Arles, 1888, Collection Musée Angladon, Avignon (84).

Video capsules in 2021 on the paintings collection care survey of musée Fabre in Montpellier for the Museum and the General Council(34) websites. Teaching to Master on Heritage care training students at Perpignan University (UPVD) in 2017, on history and ethics of the restoration of cultural heritage, and, of my own restorer’s practice.

Restoration in public of "La Vierge à l'enfant", flemish panel painting of the XV^th century, Musée Rigaud (Perpignan), December 2015 to March 2016. Direct dialogue with the public, conferences, press, Social media.

• Painting restoration on canvas and panel from the 16th to the 18th century.

• Scientific studies on painting techniques and restoration history (medieval and Renaissance altarpieces).

• Research projects with institutions in France, Spain and Italy.

• Paintings condition reports for the departmental villages survey.

• Participation in a thematic exhibition for the public, 'The Master of Llupia, a 16th century painter in Roussillon', September 2012 - October 2013. Catalogue writing, chapter on painting techniques. Exhibtion installation, art works monitoring and de-installation. Weekly guided tours focussed on painting techniques and re-employment practices of Renaissance altarpieces at the Baroque period.

• Guides tours at the CCRP during the European days for heritage (JEP).

• Supervisor of freelance restorers on painting restoration projects.

• Supervisor in painting and sculpture restoration of junior restorers.

• Conservation and restoration of paintings from 15th to the 21st century, on canvas, panel, metal, ivory and paper.

• Condition reports of paintings and monitoring of painting collections for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Cobra Museum (Amstelveen). Condition reports during installation and de-installation of exhibitions at the Van Gogh (Amsterdam), the Cobra and the Central (Utrecht) Museums.

• Preventive conservation of collections : monitoring, storage, transport, courier, for the Van Gogh and Cobra Museums.

• Technical and scientifical studies on paintings for acquisitions by galleries and private owners; preliminary studies on restoration projects for the Van Gogh and the Mesdag collection (The Hague) Museums; research studies (pigment discolouration, material migration through paint layers and saponification).

• Collaboration on the development of an infrared reflectrography camera (Artis) and an ultraviolet laser for painting cleaning, with Art Innovation (Hengelo).

• Team coordinator for large independent projects and for the Frans Hals (Haarlem), Catharijneconvent (Utrecht), Cobra and Zuiderzee (Enkhuizen) Museums.

• Teaching of painting conservation and restoration to the Amsterdam University Conservation and Restoration Master students and to the technical staff of the Catharijneconvent Museum (preventive conservation and monitoring of collections) ; supervisor of European graduate restorers.

• Public and collections stewards awareness of heritage preservation. Workshops for the technical staff of Christie's (Amsterdam), small provincial Museums, galleries and collection stewards. Many restorations in exhibition rooms, direct dialogue with the public, at the Mesdag collection, Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Enschede) and Zuiderzee Museums.