Anne Lapointe Conservation / Restauration d`oeuvres d`art

CURRICULUM VITAE
Anne Lapointe
Member CAC/ACCR, SMQ, CMA, IIC, ICOM, ICOMOS, CAPHC, Heritage Montreal, BAPCR
Accredited Member of CAPC/ACRP (Paintings, Mural Paintings, Architectural finishes)
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Qualifications:
Conservation of Easel Paintings, Painted objects, Wall Paintings, Architectural Finishes, including treatments, consultations,
written and photographic documentation
On-site Stratigraphic Examinations and Documentation of original Architectural colour schemes
Collection Survey (public and private, paintings or mixed collections), including: documentation, treatment plan by priorities
Training, Supervision, Customer Service, Management, Studio and On-site Organisation and Coordination
Research, Writing, Presentation of Seminars and Conferences
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Academic Training :
■ Masters in Art Conservation
Queen's University
1987-89
■ Masters in Art History
University of Montréal
1985-89
■ Bachelor in Studio Art
Concordia University
1981-84
Specialization: Easel and mural paintings
Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Art History
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Continued Professional Training and Development:
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Courses in Management - IC-Formation – 2009-2010
New Methods in the Cleaning of Painted Surfaces (R Wolbers - C Stavroudis) –CAC Workshop-McGill 2008
Private course/workshop in the Conservation of frames and gilding - Sacha-Marie Levay, Montréal, 2008
La Protection légale du patrimoine, SMQ, Château Dufresne, 2005
International Conference on the Conservation of the Quebec Religious Heritage, 2004
ICOMOS Canada Annual conference ,Ottawa 2004
Annual Conferences CAC-ACCR - Montreal 2008 ; Quebec 2004
Training for private business : SAJE, Montreal, 2003
Micro-program in Teaching (post-secondary levels), University of Montréal 2002-03
« Acrylic Adhesives for Lining of Paintings» , C. Bergeaud, Québec 2001
« Use of Solvents in Paintings Conservation » : L.Masschelein-Kleiner, 1999
Psycho-pedagogy of Education, Laval University, 1998
« Conservation as Small Business »: Gryphon Assoc., D.Bigelow et al., 1997
Annual Conferences IIC-CG (former CAC) Montréal 1995, Ottawa 1997
« Art in Transit » : Conference, MMFA, 1993
« Gerry Hedley Forum » : Conference topics in the structural conservation of easel paintings, NGC 1992
Annual Conferences ASCR, Switzerland : 1991, 1990
« Analysis and Conservation of Monumental Art Works » Cycle of conferences at EPFL, Switzerland, 1992
« Conservation of German Medieval Sculptures »: Conference, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1991
« Cleaning, Retouching and Coatings »: IIC Conference, Bruxelles, 1990
Professional Experiences:
■ A. LAPOINTE CONSERVATION (incorporated since 2009)
since 2003
Owner, Director and Chief Conservator
Client: Museums, Art Galleries, Government, Municipal and public
collections, Universities, Corporations, Churches and religious
communities, Architects, Private collectors
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Previous Employers:
■ PARKS CANADA (Ottawa)
2011-2012
Painting and Polychrome Sculpture Conservator, responsible for the Fine arts Lab (6 month term)
■ LEGRIS CONSERVATION
Painting Conservator, responsible for studio and work team
1999-2002
■ CENTRE DE CONSERVATION DU QUÉBEC
Conservator of Paintings (5 years) and Polychrome Sculpture (1 year)
1993-99
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA
Fellowship (“IIC-CG”)- Painting Conservator
1992-93
■ CREPHART (Private Firm, Geneva, Switzerland)
Intern, then Conservator (wall painting + monumental polychrome sculpture)
1989-92
■ CRETOA (Private Firm, Avignon, France)
Intern (monumental sculpture and polychrome wood)
Fall 1989
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA
Intern in Painting conservation (Contemporary Art, Large Scale Paintings)
Summer 1989
■ MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Intern in Painting conservation
Summer 1988
■ UNIVERSITY of MONTREAL (Art History Department)
Assistant to professor / corrector / research auxiliary
1986-87
■ TELEGLOBE CANADA (Documents Management Services)
1983-85
Documents Management and occasional Assistance to the Art Collection management
Experiences in Conservation of Easel Paintings:
■ Canadian Art :
Oils, acrylics and mixed media, on canvas, wood panels and fibre boards.
Paintings by McEwen, Muhlstock, Edson, Eaton, Milne, McDonald, Cullen, Morrice, Lismer,
Cosgrove, Holgate, Johnstone, Hughes, K. Morris, Fitzgerald, E. Seath, G. Roberts, Jolliffe,
Dulongpré, Baillargé, Plamondon, Légaré, Aide-Créquy, Ozias Leduc, Suzor-Côté, Franchère,
M.-A. Fortin, Dallaire, Gauvreau, Tousignant, Riopelle, Ferron, Mousseau, Gagnon, Delfosse,
etc...
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Ex-votos Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré (« Ex-voto Monsieur Roger », « Virgin and Child » by Frère Luc)
Paintings by P.-E. Borduas (1998 exhibition at the Montreal Contemporary Art Museum)
"L'Ange gardien" by Frère Luc (Musée du Québec permanent collection)
Plaster sculptures by L.-P. Hébert (with and without polychromy)
From the 16th to the 20th century - Paintings by Dandini, Daubigny, Diaz,
VanGogh, Signorelli, Swanevelt, Raeburn, Henshaw, Cossiers, Russian Icons XV-XVII, Quentin de
Massys, etc.
■ European Art :
… and other works from the permanent collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Contemporary Art Museum , « Musée National du Québec », « Musée de la Civilisation du Québec »,
Joliette Museum, « Musée des Religieuses Hospitalières de l’Hotel-Dieu de Montréal », Municipality
of Montréal (Fonds Delfosse) and other public, religious and private collections.
Experiences in Conservation-Documentation of Wall Paintings and
Architectural Finishes:
■ In Quebec :
Ursulines Chapel (Québec city) polychrome and gilded wood; « Maison Villeneuve »
(Chicoutimi ) oil and polyurethane on wood structure; Chapel of the Hotel-Dieu (Montreal) polychrome and
gilded wood and plaster ornaments; Château Ramezay (old Montreal) interior architectural finishes; Ernest
Cormier Building – Quebec Court of Appeal (old Montreal) interior architectural finishes; Église Notre-Dame
de la Défense (Montreal) interior architectural finishes, Joliette Cathedral oil on marouflaged canvas; Chapel of
the Collège Saint-Sacrement (Terrebonne) oil on marouflaged canvas and interior architectural finishes; Chalet
du Belvédère du Mont-Royal (Montreal) oil on canvases by Fortin, Holgate, Borduas and others; Société de
transport de Montréal acrylic on cement fibre boards, and arborite –contemporary public art murals; Marion
Scott’s “Endocrinology” Mural, Oil on plaster wall, McGill University; Entrance and Lobby at the Montreal
Neurological Institute (architectural finishes, oil on plaster and oil on marouflaged canvas), Mary Filer Mural,
Montreal Neurological Institute (Tempera on Casein ground on Plaster wall).
■ In Europe :
Lausanne Cathedral Painted Stone, Medieval Portal, Chillon Castle Chapel, Medieval
lime paintings, Church of St-Merry (Paris) 19th c. oil paintings on plaster or marouflaged, Church of StGermain-des-Prés (Paris), oil on plaster murals by Hyppolite Flandrin (19th c), Portal of the Church of
Saint-Trophîmes (Arles) Medieval Sculpted Limestone, Saint-Gervais Temple (Geneva) 14th -20th c., lime
architectural finishes, Private House in Estavayer-le-Lac (Neuchatel ) 16th c. grisaille a tempera on plaster,
Morges Castle (Vaud) 13th c. lime on mortar, Begnin Town-House 20th c. oil on plaster (emergency transfer by
“strappo” technique)
Writing, Editing, Research, Publication, Committees, Conferences
Conference on the Conservation treatment of Marion Scott’s “Endocrinology” Mural – CAC Conference - May 2008
“Le Purgatoire – Tableau de la collection des Sulpiciens- Rapport d’étude et de restauration” – Décembre 2006 –
unpublished – Archive of the Sulpiciens of Montreal
Participation to the CAPC Directory Committee - Consultation work and Final Report 2005-06 - unpublished
Author of « La Loi sur les biens culturels devrait-elle être revue? » - Mémoire presented by Anne Lapointe to the
Commission de la Culture du Québec, during the public consultation on the future of Religious Heritage in Quebec –
August 2005 http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/travaux-parlementaires/commissions/CC/mandats/Mandat-3163/memoiresdeposes.html
Participation to the Mémoire presented by the Canadian Association of Conservators to the Commission de la Culture
du Québec during the Public consultation on the Future of Religious Heritage in Quebec – August 2005
“Rapport dans le cadre du comité aviseur portant sur un projet éventuel de restauration des murales de Claude
Guité à la station de métro Snowdown » written for the STM Heritage Management Department- July 2004 unpublished
Conference for the general public on the conservation of the « Ex-voto La chambre des femmes » c.1710, « Journées du
Patrimoine », Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Montréal, 2000 (the treatment had been performed years before by
P. Legris for R. Ashton)
Participation (with other CCQ painting conservators) to a seminar on the Conservation of P.-É. Borduas paintings of
the 1960s. (“La restauration des peintures de P. Émile Borduas » - Montreal Contemporary Art Museum, 1998)
Didactic exhibition: "La restauration des oeuvres de Borduas", Conservation section of the exhibition "Borduas et
l'épopée automatiste", Montreal Contemporary Art Museum, 1998 (co-author with Colette Naud and Michael O’Malley at
CCQ) http://www.ccq.gouv.qc.ca/borduas/restaur.htm
Television interview on the conservation treatments of Borduas Paintings of the 1950s - for CCQ (February 1998)
Conference on the Conservation treatments of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré Ex-votos- "La restauration des Ex-votos de SteAnne-de-Beaupré", CAC Conference Ottawa 1997 (co-author with Michael O’Malley - CCQ)
Occasional Translation and Editing of technical papers and abstracts for CAC Journal, bulletin and conferences
Participation (research/writing) to an Anthology on Art Criticism in Late 19th century France « Anthologie de la critique
d'art en France 1850-1900 », Paris, Hazan, 1990
Masters Thesis in Art History, “Joséphin Péladan : Doctrine Esthétique, applications critiques, stratégies discursives”,
Département d’Histoire de l’art, Université de Montréal, 1989 - unpublished – Human Sciences Library
Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants :
SAJE (Service d’aide aux jeunes entreprises)
STA Programme - Soutien au Travail Autonome
2003-04
Grant based on quality of project
Fonds FCAR (Fond canadien d’aide à la recherche)
Grants based on Academic achievements
Yearly Grant for professional training in mural paintings
Yearly Grants for Studies during Queen’s U. MAC
1989-90
1987-89
OGS (Ontario Graduate Scolarship)
Yearly Grant for Studies during Queen’s U. MAC
1988-89
Grants based on Academic achievements
CMA Grant
Grant for Student summer internship at the MMFA
1988
France-Québec organisation
Travel Grant for research trip in Art History
1986