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catherine nunn art conservation conservator restorer melbourne

 

I offer comprehensive conservation and restoration treatment of paintings on canvas, panel and board.

I specialise in the conservation treatment of European and Australian artworks, Old Master paintings and Indigenous artworks. My clients include The National Trust, private collectors and public art galleries, museums and libraries. I provide specialist knowledge of Australian and Old Master artists, drawn from over 25 years of practice and academic research.

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Experience

​​​​​Prior to starting my business in 2019, my career includes several years working in the UK and extensive experience in Australia. I have worked as Senior Painting Conservator/Acting Head of Painting Conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London,  and as a painting conservator at the Auckland Art Gallery in New Zealand, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne and Artlab Australia in Adelaide. In the early 2000s, I worked in high-end painting conservation studios in London, treating Old Master paintings for important UK collections and learning skills from some of the best conservators in the world.

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Career Highlights

Some of the highlights of my career include the treatment of paintings by the following important artists:

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International: Botticelli, Canaletto, Rubens, Renoir, Picasso, Jan van Goyen, Jan Steen, Jan Weenix, John Constable, Eugene Delacroix, Simon de Vlieger

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Australian: Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Charles Conder, Ethel Carrick, E. Phillips Fox, Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Jeffrey Smart, John Brack, Howard Arkley, Brett Whiteley, Iso Rae, Clarice Beckett, Hilda Rix Nicholas, Agnes Goodsir, Margaret Preston, Rupert Bunny, John Olsen, William Dobell, Rover Thomas, John Glover, William Glover

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Images courtesy The Hamilton Kerr Institute, The National Trust (Felbrigg Hall and Upton Park) and The Victoria and Albert Museum.

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