Meet Paul Gratz

Paul Gratz

Paul Gratz is the owner and head conservator at Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio. Under his leadership, the gallery has represented American artists with numerous exhibitions and publications for four decades. Most recently Paul Gratz started representation of an extensive collection of works by American Modernist, female painter, Peter Miller. The collection of over 220 works went through his careful art conservation and is accompanied by a monograph on the artist published by Paul Gratz in cooperation with art historian Francis M. Naumann. 

Gratz Gallery has been a trusted representative for private collectors and museums in the expansion and upgrade of their fine American art collections. Over the years, Gratz Gallery has successfully sold to and represented a long list of renowned art organizations and private collectors, and assisted in exhibitions with fellow galleries and Fine Art Museums. 

The Conservation Studio has specialized in the conservation and restoration of oil paintings and gilt frames for forty years. Mr. Gratz’s formal training began at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and was developed through various apprenticeships with some of the nation’s most respected art conservators. While attending the Academy, Mr. Gratz studied with the esteemed Louis Sloane, the conservator and artist Joseph Amarotico, and the unparalleled instructor, Arthur DeCosta. Since 1982 Paul Gratz has provided his services to museums, historical societies, universities, churches, and private collectors throughout the United States. Paul Gratz was a founding member of the Society of Gilders.