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From a young age Louise Wijnberg had a passion for cultureand the visual arts and especially the technical side of it.

To become a technical art historian, she studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, Art History and Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage. She specialized in the conservation of aasel paintings and concluded her study with a doctorate. She lived for ten years in Paris and was some time involved with ICOMOS and ICOM (International Council of Museum) linked to UNESCO.

A long-standing career of three decades followed as painting conservator at the Stedelijk Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Amsterdam, where she was also involved with the scientific research of different conservation topics and the technique of Artists. She published many articles in international journals and books.

In 2018 she founded her own company of conservation and restoration and is active in teaching at Institutions and University’s and giving workshops on an international level. All based on her long-standing experience.

Her interest is not only focussed on Modern Arts but was always open to other special fields. One of them is Venice, it’s history, art’s history and architecture. She professionally visits Venice yearly. She travelled in the past several times as courier to Venice as conservator to accompany works of art for different Biennales.

She got this year a contract at the RCE – The Dutch National Heritage Agency - in Amsterdam for a special research projects on artists- and Industrial paints and Archives.