Abbie Vandivere (nee Bagley-Young) is an Art Restorer/Conservator based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2005, she received her diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England. Since 2007, she has been a freelance restorer with her own business - AbbieArt Restoration. Abbie has worked in a variety of museums and institutions including:

The Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Instituut Collectie Nederland, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, U.K.
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada
The Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Please click below for examples of Abbie's restoration projects and work experience:

		PhD: The Impact of Oil, Rijksmuseum and University of Amsterdam	01/2008–
		Egg Tempera demonstrations and Art Restoration lectures for Canadian high school students	11/2007
		Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen’s Cardinal Erard de la Marck and The Holy Family: A Diptych Reunited?’	2006–08
		Surface Cleaning Unvarnished Paintings	2004–08
		Historical Replicas: egg tempera and oil painting techniques	10-12/2002