Sir Sidney Robert NolanOM AC CBE RA (22 April 1917 – 28 November 1992) was one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century. Working in a wide variety of media, his oeuvre is among the most diverse and prolific in all of modern art. He is best known for his series of paintings on legends from Australian history, most famously Ned Kelly, the bushranger and outlaw. Nolan's stylised depiction of Kelly's armour has become an icon of Australian art.
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan OM AC CBE RA (22 April 1917 – 28 November 1992) was one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century. Working in a wide...
but remind you of far more literary Irish writers. Australian artist SidneyNolan has said that the main ingredients of his "Kelly" series of paintings...
works by major Australian writers and artists, such as Peter Carey and SidneyNolan. American poet and anthologist David Lehman called Ern Malley "the greatest...
Reed and SidneyNolan married in 1948, John Reed described her on her death in 1976 as “Sunday's best friend” In the later 20th century, Reed Nolan was mostly...
(d. 1999) 1917 – Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) 1917 – SidneyNolan, Australian painter (d. 1992) 1918 – William Jay Smith, American poet...
paint), Hermann-Paul, Jackson Pollock, and SidneyNolan. The Trial (1947) is one of a number of works by Nolan to use enamel paint, usually Ripolin, a commercial...
modernists such as Margaret Preston and Clarice Beckett, and, later, SidneyNolan, explored new artistic trends. The landscape remained central to the...
Quince on a Blue Table and the various paintings of Mary Fedden and SidneyNolan. Victor Vasarely depicted zebras as black and white lines and connected...
House, Putney George Newnes, publishing magnate, lived at Putney Sir SidneyNolan, one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century, known for his...
of young modernist painters known as the Heide Circle, which included SidneyNolan, John Perceval, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester, who often stayed in the...
Alex Katz, Milton Avery, Peter Doig, Andrew Wyeth, David Hockney and SidneyNolan. The term neo-romanticism is applied in British art history, to a loosely...
other sister Mary Boyd, married first John Perceval, and then later SidneyNolan, both artists. Boyd's wife, Yvonne Boyd (née Lennie) is also a painter;...
Her life was dramatised in the BBC radio drama Time of the Serpent. SidneyNolan painted a wide range of personal interpretations of historical and legendary...
Impression Exhibition, titling one work The National Game. Paintings by SidneyNolan (Footballer, 1946) and John Brack (Three of the Players, 1953) helped...
Tessa Celia Alice Mary married secondly, in 1978, Sir SidneyNolan, painter, becoming Lady Nolan. Theodore Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923), painter, married...
Bronowski, Sir Ralph Richardson, Dawn Foster, Christina Rossetti, Sir SidneyNolan, Alexander Litvinenko, Malcolm McLaren, Radclyffe Hall, Joseph Wolf and...
hall and theatre manager who became known as the Father of the Halls SidneyNolan, Australian artist George Josiah Palmer, founder and editor of Church...
against the police was the subject of a famous series of paintings by SidneyNolan. Ned Kelly is a recurring theme in the work of Ha-Ha (Regan Tamanui)...
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