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Email

paula.dredge@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Lecturer, Cultural Materials Conservation
Robert Cripps Institute for Cultural Conservation
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Sydney
Bachelors Degree
University of Canberra
ORCID

0000-0001-5255-357X

Dr Paula Dredge

Lecturer, Cultural Materials Conservation
Robert Cripps Institute for Cultural Conservation

59 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    Modern methods for Old Masters, Chemical Imaging of the Giorgione Red Chalk Drawing and Ink Death Notice
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Preserving and Interpreting 20th Century Paint and Design Trade Literature in Australia.
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Bronzino's portrait of Cosimo I de'Medici in armour re-examined
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Mapping Henry: Dendrochronological Analysis of a Sixteenth-Century Panel Painting Based Upon Synchrotron-Sourced X-ray Fluorescence Mapping
    DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2020.1848133
  • 2020

    Book

    Sidney Nolan The Artist's Materials
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Unmasking Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly: X-ray Fluorescence Conservation Imaging, Art Historical Interpretation and Virtual Reality Visualisation
    DOI: 10.1080/14434318.2017.1450061
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Mapping Henry: Synchrotron-sourced X-ray fluorescence mapping and ultra-high-definition scanning of an early Tudor portrait of Henry VIII
    DOI: 10.1007/s00339-015-9455-y
Paula Dredge

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2018
National Award for Interpretation, Learning & Audience Engagement (team member for Nolan: Unmasked, Heide Museum of Modern Art) Australian Museums & Galleries Association
2016
The Colin Pearson Outstanding Research in the Field of Materials Conservation Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material
2010
Australian Postgraduate Award-Industry University of Melbourne
1996
G.S. Caird Scholarship in Fine Arts University of Sydney

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy for Characterising Pigments in Seventeenth-century Persian Illuminated Manuscripts
    DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2025.2457905
  • 2022

    Presentation

    Opening of exhibition Expansive Ground: Sidney Nolan in the Wimmera
  • 2022

    Presentation

    CONSTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION AND PICASSO’S TECHNIQUES THE MANY LAYERS OF PICASSO
  • 2022

    Reference Work

    Cultural Heritage Project at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60016-7_15
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    Finding an island
  • 2021

    Presentation

    Darling Darling Artist Talk with Gabriella Hirst
  • 2020

    Presentation

    The outdoor studio: umbrellas, easels and paint in tubes

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