Conservator-Restorer (Switzerland)

Contact: xoph.von.imhoff@tele2.ch

Hans-Christoph von Imhoff is conservator-restorer of paintings, polychromes and contemporary art.
As chief conservator he founded the painting and sculpture conservation departments of the Swiss National Museum, the Fine Art Laboratory of the Canadian National Historic Sites and Parks and extensively restructured the Fribourg Museum of Art and History and the Basle Historic Museum conservation sections. One of the earliest members of the ICOM Conservation Committee and founder of several of its working groups, namely Non-destructive methods of investigation of works of art, Easel paintings on rigid support and Legal Issues in conservation, he is at present member of IIC council and Professional Associate of AIC. He has long years been active as a teacher and lecturer in Switzerland, Canada, France, Mexico, the US and the Czech Republic. Independent editorial staff at the German professional journal RESTAURO he is writing columns and papers on conservation matters.

As a conservator he is researching the technology of the Swiss artist Varlin (alias Willy Guggenheim, 1900 – 1977) and has a fundamental interest in the conservation of this painter’s great work.

Papers:

Aspects and Development of Conservator-Restorer's Profession since WWII

[Article in Issue 8, February 2009]