Prof. Dr. Gertraud Maierbacher-Legl

Furniture and wooden objects, coordination/specialist advice BSc Conservation and Restoration

04/02/1954 born in Schlossberg near Rosenheim/Oberbayern

1973

• A-levels  in Rosenheim

1973 - 1975

• Technical school for woodcarving and carpentry in Berchtesgaden

1975

• Journeyman's examination in carpentry

1975 - 1980

• Training as a restorer at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich: Workshops for bourgeois and courtly furniture, workshops for folkloristic and cultural-historical objects (complex materials)

1976 - 1982

• Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich; main subject: German and comparative folklore, minor subjects: art history and regional history

1982

• Master's examination; topic of the thesis: "South German carved furniture of the 19th century. An examination on the material"

1991 - 1994

• Doctoral studies at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg, topic of the dissertation: "Chest and cupboard in south-east Bavaria. An analysis of construction, structure and decoration on the basis of surviving documents from the 17th and early 18th century".

1995 - 1996

• Scholarship from the special university programme II for the promotion of women in science; research topic: "The reliquary of the Straubing Guardian Angel Church. A contribution to the material and technical history of the settings of relics of the 18th century" Professional practice 1982-98 Freelance work as a restorer/furniture researcher in the museum and exhibition sector

1989 - 1991

• Concept, selection of exhibits and co-author of the catalogue for the research and exhibition project "Furniture from Franconia: Surfaces and Backgrounds" commissioned by the Bavarian National Museum in Munich

since 1998

• HAWK, Department of Conservation and Restoration, Professor of "Conservation and Restoration of Furniture and Wooden Objects" and "Historical Techniques