About us

Daniel Fabian, Conservator of Paintings & Joan Samuels Fabian, Conservator of Paintings

Professional Training

Harvard University, Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
University of Cambridge, Hamilton Kerr Institute
Bryn Mawr College, USA, History of Art.
Kunstmuseum Basel; 
Kunstmuseum Bern;
Schweiz. Landesmuseum; Swiss National Museum

Conservation treatments carried out on works of art from the following collections and institutions:

D.Fabian: Skalpell, Meissel, Pinsel & Co. 
Referat Rotary Club Küsnacht 2012

D. Fabian, G. Fortunato, Tracing White In: European Trade in Materials, Archetype London 2010.

D. Fabian: Dirt Wind & Fire – Sofortmassnahmen nach einem Brandfall Zeitgenössischer Kunst. Referat SKR Jahrestagung „Aus den Flammen gerettet“ Lugano, 2006.

D. Fabian: Aspekte des Reinigens von Gemäldeoberflächen.Referat, Hochschule der Künste, Bern, Fachbereich Konservierung und Restaurierung. 2006.

D. Fabian, V. Köppel, G. Fortunato
Following the trace of lead white pigments in 17th century paintings. EU-ARTECH Workshop on Seventeenth Century Northern European Painting Techniques, to be held at the National Gallery London on December 12th 2005.  

G. Fortunato, A. Ritter, D. Fabian,
Highlights of Analytical Chemistry in Switzerland Investigations of Ancient Lead White Pigments using Lead Isotope Abundance Ratios Chimia 2005, 59, No. 4 177.

G. Fortunato, D. Fabian, A. Ritter,
Old Masters Lead White Pigments: Investigations Of Paintings From The 16th To The 17th Century Using High Precision Lead Isotope Abundance Ratios Analyst / Royal Society of Chemistry 2005,  130(6), 898 - 906.

D. Fabian
Über das Restaurieren von Kunstwerken – Kulturkreis Zumikon. Referat 18. Januar 2005.

D.Fabian, G. Fortunato,
Lead-isotope ratios of lead white in paintings of the seventheenth-century, oral presentation, "Peter Paul Rubens Technologie und Restaurierung", Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium in Braunschweig, Deutschland, 1./2.Oktober 2004.

D. Fabian, G. Fortunato,
Bleiweiss-Isotopenanalyse an Gemäldeproben des 17.Jahrhunderts – Zwischenbericht eines laufenden Projektes ZKK 2/2004 371 - 379.

D. Fabian, G. Fortunato, Bleiisotopen-Verhältnisse in Pigmentproben aus Gemälden des 17.Jahrhunderts, NIKE 2-3/2004.

G. Fortunato, D. Fabian,
Assessing the origin of white lead pigments from the 17th century using high precision lead isotope abundance ratios and trace elemental analysis. Vortrag Venedig Okt. 2003.

D. Fabian,
AxaArt AON Kunst auf Reisen, Tagung, Zürich 2003.

D. Fabian,
Referat am Symposium des Rubenianum in Antwerpen. Rubens’ Painting Practices. Vortragthema : The Conversion of St. Paul – Technical Observations on Selected Paintings by Rubens in The Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein. 2000.
(Publikation geplant)

D. Fabian,
De Jongelingen in de gloeiende Oven - Examination of a large panel painting by Pieter Pietersz". In: Restoration under Observation – A tribute offered to Derek Snoep on his retirement from the Frans-Halsmuseum , Haarlem 2000.

D. Fabian,
Wan eim ein geschossener Pfeil im Lieb ist plieben -Technologische Untersuchung zu Rubens' Venus vor dem Spiegel aus den Sammlungen. des Fürsten von Liechtenstein. In: L’Amour de l'Art. Hommage an Paolo Cadorin. Parole di Charta XIII, Mailand 1999.

D. Fabian,
Aspekte des Restaurierens. Seedamm-Kulturzentrum Bulletin, 1991.

H. Samuels, P. Samuels, J. Samuels, D. Fabian,
The Technique of the Painters of the American West, The Wellfleet Press, Secaucus, NJ, USA, 1991.

Bindemittel in der Staffeleimalerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mitarbeit am Nationalen Forschungsprogramm 16: Methoden zur Erhaltung von Kulturgütern des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung. 1989.

J. Samuels, Nathan Stolow
The Museum Climatology and Visitor Use Study Project at Hearst Castle. Western Association for Art Conservation Newsletter 1987.

D. Fabian
Man with a Beer Keg, attributed to Frans Hals. Technical Examination and some art-historical comments. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 1984.

D. Fabian
A Study of panel paintings from the earliest beginning to 1640. Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge 1982.

 

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Memberships

AIC        American Institute for Conservation
ICOM     International Committee for Museums
IIC          International Institute for Conservation
SKR       Swiss Association for Conservation and       
              Restoration

Member of Professional group Modern and Contemporary paintings

WAAC  Western Assoc. for Art Conservation
SVRB    Swiss Framer's Assoc.