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FERNANDO CORTÉS PIZANO

Curriculum Vitae



DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 9/01/1966, Alicante, Spain


 
Studies
 
- 1984-1989. Degree in Geography and History, with specialisation on History of Art.
University Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
- 1994-1998. Degree in Conservation and Restoration of stained glass.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.

 
Languages
 
Spoken, written, read: Spanish, English, Dutch, German, Catalan
Read: French, Italian, Portuguese
- 1990. Cambridge University "First Certificate" diploma in English language. British Institute, Madrid
- 1991. Cambridge University "Proficiency" diploma in English language. British Institute, Madrid.
- 1997. 5 year Diploma in Dutch language. LBC, Antwerp, Belgium.

 
Work experience
 
Organisation of congresses
- 1993-1994. Secretary of the international seminar “Conservación de vidrieras históricas”.
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), Santander, Spain, 4 – 8th July 1994.
 
Conservation and Restoration
- 1994-1998.  Workshop Joost Caen, Schoten (Belgium)
- 1996.  Workshop Verre Jade, Poitiers (France)
- 1998-2001.  Workshop Glasmalerei Peters, Paderborn (Germany)
- 1999-2000.  Workshop of the “Servei de Arqueología Urbana”. Barcelona (Spain)
- 2000-2003.  Workshop of the “Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona” (Spain)
- Since April 2004. Glazing Department at Lincoln Cathedral (United Kingdom)
 
Translation and interpretation
- 1995-1996. Translation of the proceedings from the International Seminar "Conservación de vidrieras históricas”. Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), Santander, Spain
- 1996. Interpreter at the seminar “Restauración y conservación de vidrio hueco. Principios básicos”,
by Prof. Joost Caen. Real Fábrica de Cristales de la Granja, Segovia, Spain
- 1997. Interpreter at the international meeting of the Commission in charge of the training and evaluation of the conservation works on the stained glass windows of León Cathedral. León, Spain



Lectures in congresses
 
- 1997. Talk at the Stained glass conservation school of the Monastery of Santa María de Batalha, Portugal. 25th August.
- 1999. Lecture a the “III International Forum of the CVMA on the Conservation and technology of historical stained glass”. Fribourg, Switzerland. 24th - 27th June.
- 1999. Lecture a the “I Jornadas sobre Restauración y Conservación de vidrios”. Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain. 30th Sept. – 2nd Oct.
- 2000. Lecture a the “Jornadas sobre Conservación y Restauración de vidrieras”.
University Complutense, Madrid, Spain. 12th May.
- 2000. Lecture a the “I Jornadas Hispánicas de Historia del Vidrio”.
Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. 30th June - 2nd July.
- 2001. Lecture a the “IV International Forum on Conservation and technology of historical stained glass”. Troyes-en-Champagne, France. 17th - 19th May.
- 2001. Lecture a the “VIII Reunió Técnica del Grup de Conservadors i Restauradors de Catalunya”. Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Barcelona. 25th - 27th October.
- 2002. Lecture a the “III Jornadas Técnicas de los conservadores de las Catedrales”.
University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. 1 - 3rd – 8 - 10th March.
- 2003. Talk at the meeting “La Professió a debat” (“The profession under debate”). University of Barcelona, Fine Arts Faculty. 13th – 14th June.
- 2004. Lecture at the III Course on “Noves tecnologies per a la Conservació de les Obres d’Art durant la seva manipulació, transport i exposició”, held at Hotel NH, Barcelona, Spain. 15th - 16th March 2004.
- 2004. Lecture at the Meeting on Stained Glass Conservation and Restoration (“Studientag für Konservierung und Restaurierung von Glasfenstern und Glasmalerei”), organized by the Conservation and Restoration Department of the University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt (Germany) and held on November the 12th 2004.
- 2004. Lecture at the “III Seminario Permanente de Patrimonio Urbano y Territorial de Alicante”, organized by the University of Alicante (Spain) and held in Alicante on December the 20th 2004.


 
 
Teaching
 
- 2000. Regular teacher of “Conservation and Restoration of stained glass”.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. (Between June 2000 and October 2003).
- 2000. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass.
Universidad Complutense, Madrid. 28th March 2000. (5 hours).
- 2001. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 9th – 20th July 2001. (40 hours).
- 2001. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 15th – 26th October de 2001. (40 hours).
- 2001. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 14th – 25th January 2002. (40 hours).
- 2002. Regular teacher of “stained glass history”.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. Since May 2002
- 2002. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part II.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 3rd – 14th June 2002. (40 hours).
- 2002. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Escola de C&R de Bens Culturals de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Barcelona).
17th June – 1st July 2002. (40 hours).
- 2002. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 15th – 26th July 2002. (40 hours).
- 2002. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part II.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 9th – 20th December 2002. (40 hours).
- 2003. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part II.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 31st March – 11th April 2003. (40 hours).
- 2003. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
CICOP, La Laguna, Tenerife. 5th – 9th May 2003. (20 hours).
- 2003. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Parts I & II.
Escola d’Arts i Oficis de la Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona).
16th September – 19th December 2003. (50 hours).
- 2003. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. 29th September – 10th October 2003. (40 hours).
- 2003. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part II.
Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona. Del 27th October – 7th November 2003. (40 hours).
- 2003. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Part I.
Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio, Sevilla. 12th – 14th November 2003. (24 hours).
- 2004. Seminar on Stained glass conservation (as part of a Master).
CICOP, La Laguna, Tenerife. 12th – 14th January 2004 (9 hours).
- 2004. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass.
Palacio del Licenciado Butrón, Valladolid. Dirección General de Patrimonio y Bienes Culturales, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, Junta de Castilla y León. 2nd - 6 th February 2004 (30 hours).
- 2004. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Parts I & II.
EPSAR (Escuela Profesional Superior de Arte y Restauración). 16th February – 3rd March 2004 (62 hours).
- 2004. Seminar on Conservation and Restoration of stained glass. Parts I and II.
FCNV (Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio), La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia, Spain). 7th - 15th October 2004. (70 hours).

 
 
 
C&R projects
 
- 1997-1998. Research project on the windows of the León Cathedral (Spain), carried out in Antwerp, Bronnbach and León. Dissertation for the degree on Stained glass C&R. co-ordinated by professor Joost Caen. Hogeschool Antwerpen. Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen (Belgium). Glass Conservation Department.
- 1997-1998. Research and restoration project on a stained glass window from the 16th c. in the Cathedral of Mechelen (Belgium), now at the Museum of Art and History of Brussels. Last year degree project co-ordinated by professor Joost Caen. Hogeschool Antwerpen. Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen (Belgium). Glass Conservation Department.
- 1999. Research on the lamination systems used at the stained glass windows from the 13th c. in the Cistercian Abby of Altenberg (Germany)
- 1999. Research on the stained glass windows from the 16th c. in the Saint Peter’s Church, Cologne (Germany)
- 1999-2000. Co-ordination, assessment and restoration on the conservation and restoration project of a stained glass window from the 14th c. in the Monastery of Pedralbes, Barcelona (Spain)
- 1999-2001. Co-ordination of the conservation and restoration project of four stained glass windows from the 15th c. in the Cathedral of Seville (Spain)
- 2000. Assessment on the conservation and restoration project of a stained glass dome from the 19th c. in the Central Hall of the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain)
- 2000-2001. Co-ordination of the conservation and restoration project of two rose windows from the 18th c. in the Cathedral of Girona (Spain)
- 2000-2002. Co-ordination of the conservation, restoration and maintenance project of the stained glass windows from the 19th c. in Casa Lleo Morera, Barcelona (Spain)
- 2001. Assessment on the conservation and restoration project of a rose window from ca. 1845 in the Parish Church of Blanes, Girona (Spain)
- 2001-2002. Co-ordination of the conservation and restoration project of the stained glass windows from the 19th and 20th c. in the Church of Sant Ramón de Penyafort, Barcelona (Spain).
- 2002. Research on the state of conservation of the rosary of stained glass lanterns from the 19th c. used for the “Lanterns Procession” in Vitoria (Spain).
- 2003. Historical, artistical and material research on six Venetian mirrors from ca. 1700, preserved at the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Encina, Ponferrada (León, Spain).
- Since April 2004. Restoration and Conservation of the medieval stained glass windows (13th to 15th century) at the North transept of Lincoln Cathedral (United Kingdom).
 


Organisation of exhibitions
 
- Exhibition of contemporary stained glass: Cruz de los Caídos. Pamplona. October - November 1999.
- Exhibition of restored windows from the Cathedral of Seville. Since December 2000.
- 2 Exhibitions of restored windows from the Church of St. Ramon de Penyafort. Dec. 2001 – Feb. 2002.
 
 
 
Publications
 
- Cortés Pizano, F., Comentario crítico sobre la obra pictórica de Nina Antón, in “Crónica 3. Las Artes”, vol. 40, p. 32-33, (1991).

- Valentín, N., Cortés Pizano, F. and Sánchez, A., La conservación de vidrieras históricas. Estudios preliminares sobre la aplicación de sistemas gelificados, in Proceedings from the International Congress “Conservación de vidrieras históricas”, held at the International University of Santander (U.I.M.P) (Spain), 4th - 8th July, 1994, p. 5-15.

- Cortés Pizano, F., De glasramen van de Kathedraal te León. Verweringsfactoren en Conserveringstechnieken. Dissertation for the degree on Stained glass C&R. Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (Belgium). September 1998. Not published.

- Cortés Pizano, F., De noch erhaltenen Glasfenster der Sankt Peter Kirche in Köln aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. February 1999, Glasmalerei Peters, Paderborn, Germany. Not published.

- Cortés Pizano, F., De Doublierungen der Fensterscheiben des Altenberger Doms. March 1999, Glasmalerei Peters, Paderborn, Germany. Not published.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Das Abendmahlfenster der Kirche St. Maria zur Wiese in Soest. June 1999, Glasmalerei Peters, Paderborn, Germany. Not published.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Las vidrieras neogóticas de la Iglesia de Rasdorf (Alemania). December 1999, Glasmalerei Peters, Paderborn, Germany. Not published.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Medieval window leads from the Monastery of Pedralbes (Catalonia) and the Cathedral of Altenberg (Germany): a comparative study, in "CVMA Newsletter" 47 (2000), p. 25-31.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Restauración de vidrieras en España: pasado, presente y futuro, in Proceedings from the “Jornadas Nacionales sobre Conservación y Restauración de Vidrios”, held at FCNV in La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, 30th September – 2nd October 1999, p. 125-133.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Estudio del plomo medieval en las vidrieras del Monasterio de Pedralbes, in "Materiales de Construcción", Vol. 50, nº 259, July, August, September 2000, p. 85-95.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Principios básicos sobre las vidrieras y su conservación, in “Butlletí de Conservació – Restauració” from the Professional Association of Conservators and Restorers of Catalonia, nº 32, March 2000, p. 16-22.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Acristalamiento Isotérmico de protección para vidrieras, Part I, in “R&R”, nº 42, July 2000, p. 70-75.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Acristalamiento Isotérmico de protección para vidrieras, Part II, in “R&R”, nº 43, August 2000, p. 70-75.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Artistas, vidrieros y restauradores de vidrieras: evolución del oficio, in “R&R”, nº 48, January 2001, p. 64-69.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Breve historia de las aplicaciones del vidrio plano en la construcción, in “Revista del Vidrio Plano”, nº 64, March/April 2001, p. 10-19.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Reconstruction of two 18th century rose windows in the Cathedral of Girona, Spain, in "CVMA Newsletter" 48 (May 2001), p. 79-87. Hors-série 2001. Bulletin “Le vitrail comme un tout”. Proceedings from the “4e forum international sur la conservation et la technologie du vitrail historique: Le vitrail comme un tout, histoire, techniques, deontologie des restitutions et compléments”, held at Troyes-en-Champagne, France, 17 – 19th May 2001.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Conservación y Restauración de Vidrieras en la Catedral de Sevilla: revisión de los Principios, Métodos y Productos utilizados en la limpieza de vidrieras históricas, in Proceedings from the “I Jornades Hispàniques d’Història del Vidre”, held in Sitges, Barcelona, 30th June - 1-2nd July 2000. Monografies 1. Museu d’Arqueología de Catalunya. Barcelona. p. 373-381.

- Pugès i Dorca, M.; Julià i Capdevila, J.Mª; Calmell i Ibàñez, A.; Gimeno i Torrente, D.; Beseran i Ramon, P.; Cortés Pizano, F., La restauració del vitrall de Sant Pere i Sant Jaume de l'església del Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes, in Proceedings from the “I Jornades Hispàniques d’Història del Vidre” held in Sitges, Barcelona, 30th June - 1-2nd July 2000. Monografies 1. Museu d’Arqueología de Catalunya. Barcelona. p. 359-371.

- Cortés Pizano, F., Conservación y Restauración de dos vidrieras del siglo XVIII en la Catedral de Girona in Proceedings from the “VIII Reunió Técnica del Grup Técnic de Conservadors i Restauradors de Catalunya”, held at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios, Barcelona, 25 – 27th October 2001 (in press).

- Cortés Pizano, F., La vidriera de Románico, in “El Arte del Vidrio” (Vol. 1), RBA Editores (2001), pp. 129-136.

- Cortés Pizano, F., La vidriera del Gótico, in “El Arte del Vidrio” (Vol. 1), RBA Editores (2001), pp. 145-152.

- Cortés Pizano, F., La vidriera del Renacimiento, in “El Arte del Vidrio” (Vol. 2), RBA Editores (2001), pp. 25-32.

- Cortés Pizano, F., La aplicación de vidrios de doblaje en la restauración de vidrieras. El caso de la Catedral de Girona y la Iglesia de Sant Ramon de Penyafort, Barcelona, in Proceedings from the “III Jornadas de los Conservadores de las Catedrales”, held at the University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 1st – 3rd and 8th – 10th March 2002 (in press).
 
- Cortés Pizano, F., Algunas reflexiones sobre la formación de los conservadores-restauradores, in “R&R nº 84, February 2004, pp. 76-77. (Written in May 2003).

- García-Heras, M., Villegas, M. A., Cano, E., Cortés Pizano, F., y Bastidas, J.M., Conservation and analytical study of metallic elements from medieval Spanish stained glass windows, in Proceedings of the “International Conference Archeometallurgy in Europe” (Vol. 1), held at Milan (Italy), 24th, 25th and 26th September 2003, pp. 381-390.

- García-Heras, M., Villegas, M. A., Cano, E., Cortés Pizano, F., and Bastidas, J.M., A conservation assessment on metallic elements from Spanish Medieval stained glass windows, in “Journal of Cultural Heritage” 5 (2004) pp. 311-317.

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