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Awarded a grant to complete a one-year internship — 2023–2024 — at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp — KMSKA — as a painting conservator-restorer.

Project carried out with the support of the Sofina Boël Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation.

  • Restoration of the painting “Roman Landscape” by Karel Dujardin — 1675, oil on canvas, 85 × 107.5 cm.

  • Conservation treatment of the work “The Walk” by Roger Raveel — 1964, 202.5 × 299 × 9 cm — for the permanent exhibition in the museum’s modern art section.

ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen, Belgium

ALTRITEMPI-MONUMENT GROUP

Conservation and restoration company specialising in historical monuments, Flanders, Belgium

  • Restoration of the interior of the “Egmont Palace or Arenberg Palace, Petit or Grand Hôtel d’Egmont”, dating from 1532 — Brussels. Restoration of a canvas painting mounted on the ceiling of the Louis XIV salon. Cleaning, varnish removal, filling losses and retouching.

  • Participation in the restoration of the interior of the Hap House — Etterbeek — built in 1859 for François-Louis Hap and transformed in 1905 by architect G. Thoelen at the request of Félix Hap, mayor of Etterbeek. Restoration of Art Nouveau-inspired canvas paintings mounted on the dining room ceiling. Cleaning, varnish removal, filling losses and retouching.

  • Restoration of large-format paintings and wall paintings in the Beguinage Church of Mechelen, dating from the 17th century. Consolidation, surface cleaning / varnish removal of the paintings, and retouching.

  • Restoration of the interior of the parish church of Korbeek-Lo. Retouching of faux-wood doors, consolidation, cleaning, filling losses and retouching of the lower part of the altar, exposure, filling losses and retouching of wall decorations.

  • Restoration of the Hall of Mirrors of the Brussels Parliament. Retouching of the gilding on the pilasters and repairs to the bases in preparation for gilding.

  • Restoration of the Gothic interior of “The House of the Free Boatmen” in Ghent. Consolidation of wall paintings, cleaning, varnish removal and retouching.

  • Saint Germanus Church in Tienen: restoration of the Neo-Gothic interior. Retouching of stencils and wall decorations.
  • “Het Predikheren” in Mechelen: fixing of the paint layer on the walls, consolidation of plasterwork and retouching.
  • Scalpel removal of overpaint from a faux-wood decoration on a door.

  • Restoration of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London, Ontario, Canada. Mid-19th century.

  • Public art restoration in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

  • Art restoration in the studio: paintings, frames and sculptures.

Alicia couts Toronto Art Restoration inc (TARI)

Among the best-known artists whose works have passed through the studio

Artists :

Louis de Caullery — 1580–1621, Belgium — Luigi Crespi — 1708–1779, Italy — Jac Martin-Ferrières — 1893–1972, France — Jean Capdeville — 1917–2011, France — Bela Hoese — 19th century — Villeneuve — 19th century, France — Léopold Leysen, known as Pol Mara — 1920–1998, Belgium — Frederick S. Challener — 1869–1959, Canada — Vincent De Grandi — 1916–2010, Switzerland — Mariette — 1930–2008 — …

Listed buildings

  • Egmont Palace — Brussels, Belgium

  • Hap House — Etterbeek, Belgium

  • Beguinage Church — Mechelen, Belgium

  • Brussels Parliament – Hall of Mirrors — Brussels, Belgium

  • The House of the Free Boatmen — Ghent, Belgium

  • Gothic Saint Germanus Church — Tienen, Belgium