Profile Patricia Ortiz

Patricia Ortiz is a professional art restorer with more than 20 years of international experience in restoration of paintings, frames, sculptures and other objects. Patricia was born in Spain, lived in Ireland and the U.S, and is currently already more than 10 years living in the Netherlands.

Education

Patricia Ortiz completed a master study in restoration of painting and frames at the Complutense University in Madrid. In the Prado Museum in Madrid she gained experience with technical analysis of paintings. At the university and in the museum she worked on many restoration projects, such as the Basilica of Avila.

Experience

Patricia has a vast experience in restoring paintings, frames, sculptures and other objects. During ten years she worked and lived in Ireland where she restored paintings for the National Gallery in Dublin. During this period she specialized in 19th century oil paintings from Spanish, Irish and British masters, such as Murillo, Soroya, Lawrence, Reynolds, Orpen and Lavary among many others.

The past 10 years Patricia worked in the Netherlands and specialized in Dutch masters and movements. She has a lot of experience with painters from the Hague school such as Willem Maris, Jozef Israels, Floris Arntzenius, Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, and many other masters like Rembrandt and Ferdinand Bol. Patricia works for private persons, companies and musea. For Museum Gouda and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam she restored many paintings and objects

Expert knowledge

Patricia follows courses, workshops en seminars to upkeep and extend her knowledge, like for example:

• “New Cleaning Methods” door Richard Wolbers van de Delaware Universiteit in Newark, USA
• “Modern Resins for Varnishing and Retouching” door Jill Whitten, Robert Proctor & René de la Rie in SRAL, Maastricht
• “Introduction to the cleaning of contemporary paints” by Paolo Cremonesi in Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam
• “Emulsions for Surface Cleaning and Removal of Film-Forming Materials” door Paolo Cremonesi in Amershof, Amersfoort

Patricia has a broad local and international network of art restorers with expertise in different disciplines.
Patricia is a real art lover and often visits museums and exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad. As painter Patricia also has her own collection of paintings.

Publications

Regularly Patricia Ortiz gets in the news related to her restoration activities. Below you can find some of her publications:

• Museum Gouda
  • VLOG directeur Museum Gouda over restauratie schilderij Joachim Wtewael
  • Video Erasmus restauratie
• Streekblad Zoetermeer
  • Zoetermeerse restaureert paneel in Museum Gouda
• Algemeen Dagblad
  • Focus is hier op z’n plaats
  • Eén verkeerde stap kan fataal zijn
  • Met neus op restauratie
  • Eeuwenoud beeld Erasmus hersteld
• Gouda TV
  • Restauratie Blocklandt altaarstuk in Museum Gouda
• Goudse Post
  • Zoetermeerse restaureert paneel in Museum Gouda
  • Restauratie voltooid
• Weekblad deGouda
  • Kamerscherm Doelengebouw in ere hersteld
• Au Courant vakblad van Restauratoren Nederland
  • Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint
• Irish Post
  • Ag cur barr feabhais ar na maistri
• El diario de Avila
  • Aparacen en San Vincente tres tallas de los Santos bajo