Background
Pomerantz, Louis was born on September 26, 1919 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob and Gussie (Watnick) Pomerantz.
Pomerantz, Louis was born on September 26, 1919 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob and Gussie (Watnick) Pomerantz.
Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1938-1940; student, Academie Julian, Paris, 1949-1950; apprenticeships with, T.G. Satinover, Paris, 1949-1950; apprenticeships with, H.H. Mertens, chief restorer, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1950-1951; apprenticeships with, G.L. Stout, director Worcester Art Museum, 1951; apprenticeships with, S&C Keck Brooklyn Museum, 1952-1954; apprenticeships with, Institute Royal du Patrimoine Artistque, Brussels, 1963; apprenticeships with, Central Laboratory Belgium Museum, Brussels, summer 1954, 56, 58.
Founder conservation studio, New York City, 1952;
instructor, laboratory assistant, Brooklyn Museum, 1954;
founder department conservation, appointed conservator department painting and sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1956-1961;
independent art conservator, Evanston, Illinois, 1961-1978, 1979-1988;
founder, president, treasurer, Pomerantz Institute for Advancement of Fine Art Conservation, Spring Grove, Illinois, 1982-1988;
president, Louis Pomerantz, Ltd., 1971-1988. Consultant Milwaukee Art Museum, 1958-1988, National Gallery Canada, 1961, George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, 1965-1968. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization consultant, 1968.
Consultant Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Services, Iowa Museum Art. Visiting lecturer in field.
Member of the board advisors Urban Gateways, 1975-1979. Director Art Commission City of Evanston, 1968-1975, president, 1975-1976. Board directors Campbell Center History Preservation Studies, 1983-1988.
Served with United States Army, 1941-1945. Fellow International Institute Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, American Institute Conservation (honorary, past chairman, director 1979-1982).
Married Elisabeth C. Picard, October 5, 1951. Children: Carrie Johanna, Lonnie Roberta.