About
Green Mountain Art Conservation (GMAC) is a private paintings conservation studio located in Southern Vermont and providing services to the wider Northeast region. Laura Richter Le founded GMAC in 2025 when she moved to Vermont from New York City. She earned her MS in Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works and her MA in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Alongside her work in Vermont, Laura works part time as Assistant Paintings Conservator at the Williamstown + Atlanta Art Conservation Center (W+AACC), as well as Special Projects Conservator at Modern Art Conservation in New York City. She has previously held positions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Art Conservation Solutions, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Saint Louis Art Museum, and the NYU Villa La Pietra in Florence. As an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame, Laura worked in a nuclear physics laboratory conducting Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Fluorescence, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy analysis. Her interest in materiality has informed her sensitivity to the variety of artist’s materials she encounters in her work. She also holds a certificate of training for health and safety in the arts and is passionate about helping artists and other conservators limit risk in their practice. Finally, Laura enjoys participating in the broader conservation community and serves as Communications Chair for the Paintings Specialty Group of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC). She is also a member of the New England Conservation Association and the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Over the course of her career, Laura has conserved works by the following artists, among others: Albert Oehlen, Andy Warhol, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Augusto Giacometti, Benny Andrews, Cecily Brown, David Salle, Diego Rivera, Ed Ruscha, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Elmer E. Garnsey, Francis Bacon, George Inness, Georgia O’Keeffe, Georgio de Chirico, Henri Matisse, Jack Youngerman, Jacopo Amigoni, Jeff Sonhouse, Joan Miró, Joan Mitchell, Joan Snyder, Josh Smith, Juan de Sevilla, Jusepe de Ribera, Kazimir Malevich, Kehinde Wiley, Lee Krasner, Lygia Clark, Mark Rothko, Miyoko Ito, Nicolas de Staël, Niele Toroni, Philip Guston, Pietro di Francesco degli Orioli, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Ryman, Sarah Crowner, Stuart Davis, Terry Winters, Theodor Werner, Tom Wesselmann
Explore Past Projects Online:
Garnsey Mural Conservation Project at the St. Louis Art Museum
Tear Mending, Ha Chong Hyun’s Work 73-13 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Multiscale Analysis of Benjamin Franklin’s Innovations in American Paper Money