Hortense de Corneillan
Art conservator and restorer
Genève

« The 1997 earthquake that damaged the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi was the shock that gave me the desire to be useful and participate in the transmission of heritage. »

Hortense de Corneillan graduated from the Institut national du patrimoine in Paris and trained in the art of conservation-restoration in both museums and workshops. For several years, she has been responsible for the domain at the Ariana Museum, a Swiss museum of ceramics and glass. Her work on a collection of medieval Islamic ceramics has been exhibited and published.

« I chose this job because museums are my universe. And also maybe because he reassures me that time stops. »

Lecturer in the master’s degree at the University of Conservation-Restoration of Neuchâtel for the archaeological and ethnographic objects sector, Hortense de Corneillan is a real reference in the field. She also works as a freelancer with prestigious Swiss and European institutions.

Diplomas

2007 Master in conservation-restoration, specialty Fire Arts, National Heritage Institute, Paris

2002 Master in museology, École du Louvre, Paris

2001 Diploma in art history, École du Louvre, Paris

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hortense-de-corneillan-82b00b79/

https://www.villamedici.it/fr/residences/hortense-de-corneillan/