Sir Sidney Robert Nolan b. 22 April 1917

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sir Sidney Nolan is one of Australia's most celebrated and honoured artists. A household name as the creator of the Ned Kelly series, in a long career his oeuvre reveals diverse interests. Working in several media and art forms - painting, drawing, printmaking, set design, murals, spray painting and collage - he created more than 10,000 individual works.
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exhibited at
Numerous other solo, joint and group exhibitions held in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, America, Canada, Europe and Asia
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: a new retrospective
Date
November 2007 - February 2008
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Also toured to Melbourne and Brisbane

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: desert and drought
Date
June 2003 - August 2003
Place
Ian Potter Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sir Sidney Nolan: an exhibition to celebrate Sidney Nolan's 75th birthday
Date
April 1992
Place
Tate Gallery, London
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: Legends and Landscapes
Date
June 1987 - July 1987
Place
National Gallery of Victoria
Description

Also toured to Sydney, Perth and Adelaide

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: the city and the plain
Date
October 1983 - November 1983
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: 102 works from the first fifteen years (1939-53)
Date
July 1979 - August 1979
Place
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Nolan's Gallipoli
Date
April 1978
Place
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Description

Also toured to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Nolan at Lanyon: an exhibition of the Sidney Nolan gift of twenty-four paintings to the Australian people
Date
March 1975
Place
Lanyon Homestead, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: Ern Malley and Paradise Garden
Date
March 1974
Place
Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings from 1937-1967
Date
September 1967 - October 1967
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Also toured to Melbourne and Perth

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: African journey
Date
May 1963 - June 1963
Place
Marlborough Gallery, London
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rebels and precursors: aspects of painting in Melbourne 1937-1947
Date
August 1962 - September 1962
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Also toured to Sydney

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan: Leda and the Swan and other recent work
Date
June 1960 - July 1960
Place
The Matthiesen Gallery, London
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sidney Nolan
Date
June 1957 - July 1957
Place
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The 'Kelly' paintings of Sidney Nolan 1946-47
Date
April 1948
Place
Velasquez Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Three members of the Contemporary Art Society: Nolan, Boyd and Tucker
Date
July 1946
Place
University of Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sidney Nolan
Date
June 1940
Place
Artist's studio, 230 Russell Street, Melbourne, VIC
Description

First solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition

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  • Hester, Joy (associate of)
  • Reed, John (associate of)
  • McAlpine, Alistair (associate of)
  • White, Patrick (associate of)
  • Reed, Sunday (associate of)
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  • Nolan, Cynthia (spouse of)
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