Sidney Nolan b. 22 April 1917

Also known as Sir Sidney Robert Nolan
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sir Sidney Nolan, the son of a Melbourne tram driver, became one of Australia's most celebrated and honoured artists. His Ned Kelly series made him a household name. 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.
Tags: Australian mythology, Heide, Ned Kelly, Herald Exhibition of English and European Contemporary Art
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relative of
Elizabeth Paterson
Designer (Graphic Designer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
Former spouse from whom Nolan was divorced in the 1940s.
associate of
Arthur Boyd
1920
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Albert Tucker
1914
Artist (Painter), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Ceramist)
associate of
Joy Hester
1920
Artist
Also http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140509b.htm
friend of
John Reed
Other occupation
associate of
Lord Alistair McAlpine
Other occupation
friend of
Patrick White
Other occupation
friend of
Sunday Reed
Other occupation
spouse of
nee Boyd Mary Nolan
Other occupation
parent of
Jinx Nolan
Other occupation
parent of
Amelda Langslow
Other occupation
associate of
Lord Kenneth Clark
Other occupation
associate of
Lord C.P. Snow
Other occupation
associate of
Lord Benjamin Britten
Other occupation
associate of
Robert Lowell
Other occupation
associate of
Alan Moorehead
Other occupation
associate of
Charles Osborne
Other occupation
associate of
Hal Missingham
Artist
relative of
Guy Boyd
1917
Artist (Sculptor), Designer (Ceramist)
brohter in law
associate of
Jane Clark
1917
Curator
associate of
Klaus Friedeberger
1917
Artist (Painter)
friend of
Elwyn Lynn
1917
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Curator, Artist (Printmaker)
spouse of
Cynthia Reed
1917
Curator

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  • Sidney Nolan: a new retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: desert and drought (exhibited at)
  • Sir Sidney Nolan: an exhibition to celebrate Sidney Nolan's 75th birthday (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Legends and Landscapes (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: the city and the plain (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: 102 works from the first fifteen years (1939-53) (exhibited at)
  • Nolan's Gallipoli (exhibited at)
  • Nolan at Lanyon: an exhibition of the Sidney Nolan gift of twenty-four paintings to the Australian people (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Ern Malley and Paradise Garden (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings from 1937-1967 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: African journey (exhibited at)
  • Rebels and precursors: aspects of painting in Melbourne 1937-1947 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Leda and the Swan and other recent work (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • The 'Kelly' paintings of Sidney Nolan 1946-47 (exhibited at)
  • Three members of the Contemporary Art Society: Nolan, Boyd and Tucker (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: landscapes and legends: a retrospective 1937-1987 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Ern Malley and paradise garden (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: landscape and legends, a retrospective exhibition 1937-1987 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan at the Metropolitan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan drawings (exhibited at)
  • Nolan: Wimmera landscapes (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: a seventy-fifth birthday celebration (exhibited at)
  • Nolan: landscapes & legends (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: the city and the plain (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: works on paper (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan landscapes and legends: a retropsective exhibition 1937-1987 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: myth and history (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan and Igor Horenko (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: notes for Oedipus (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: burning at Glenrowan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: paintings on slate 1941-42 and new drawings 1977 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: recent drawings on themes from Samuel Beckett (exhibited at)
  • Arthur Boyd: family and friends (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan trio (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan's complete works from the Heide collection (exhibited at)
  • The Ned Kelly paintings: Nolan at Heide 1946-47 (exhibited at)
  • Burning at Glenrowan: Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: desert and drought (exhibited at)
  • The plains: Wimmera and the imaging of Australian landscape: Philip Hunter and Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • Recent Past (exhibited at)
  • 1975 art exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Art Society: Exhibition 1942 (exhibited at)
  • Anti-Fascist Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Art Society's Anti-Fascist Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Numerous other solo, joint and group exhibitions held in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, America, Canada, Europe and Asia (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: a new retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: desert and drought (exhibited at)
  • Sir Sidney Nolan: an exhibition to celebrate Sidney Nolan's 75th birthday (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Legends and Landscapes (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: the city and the plain (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: 102 works from the first fifteen years (1939-53) (exhibited at)
  • Nolan's Gallipoli (exhibited at)
  • Nolan at Lanyon: an exhibition of the Sidney Nolan gift of twenty-four paintings to the Australian people (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Ern Malley and Paradise Garden (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings from 1937-1967 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: African journey (exhibited at)
  • Rebels and precursors: aspects of painting in Melbourne 1937-1947 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Leda and the Swan and other recent work (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • The 'Kelly' paintings of Sidney Nolan 1946-47 (exhibited at)
  • Three members of the Contemporary Art Society: Nolan, Boyd and Tucker (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: landscapes and legends: a retrospective 1937-1987 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: Ern Malley and paradise garden (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: landscape and legends, a retrospective exhibition 1937-1987 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan at the Metropolitan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan drawings (exhibited at)
  • Nolan: Wimmera landscapes (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: a seventy-fifth birthday celebration (exhibited at)
  • Nolan: landscapes & legends (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: the city and the plain (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: works on paper (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan landscapes and legends: a retropsective exhibition 1937-1987 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: myth and history (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan and Igor Horenko (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: notes for Oedipus (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: burning at Glenrowan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: paintings on slate 1941-42 and new drawings 1977 (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: recent drawings on themes from Samuel Beckett (exhibited at)
  • Arthur Boyd: family and friends (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan trio (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan's complete works from the Heide collection (exhibited at)
  • The Ned Kelly paintings: Nolan at Heide 1946-47 (exhibited at)
  • Burning at Glenrowan: Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Sidney Nolan: desert and drought (exhibited at)
  • The plains: Wimmera and the imaging of Australian landscape: Philip Hunter and Sidney Nolan (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • Recent Past (exhibited at)
  • 1975 art exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Metropolis 1: an exhibition by twenty-one prominent Sydney painters (exhibited at)