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 Melbourn 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.
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Name
Sidney Nolan
Also known as Sir Sidney Robert Nolan
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
22 April 1917
Birth place
Carlton, VIC
Death date
28 November 1992
Death place
London, England
Burial place
Highgate Cemetery, London
Active Period
  • 1936 - 1992
Residence
  • 1953 - 1983 London, England
  • 1948 - 1953 Sydney, NSW
  • 1917 - 1947 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1983 - 1992 Rodd Farm, Wales, , UK
Training
  • 1934 - 1936 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1932 Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
Languages
  • English
Website

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Urls
  • http://www.sidneynolantrust.org/
Residences
  • 1953 - 1983 London, England
  • 1948 - 1953 Sydney, NSW
  • 1917 - 1947 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1983 - 1992 Rodd Farm, Wales, , UK
  • 1953 - 1992 London, England
  • 1948 - 1953 Sydney, NSW
  • 1917 - 1947 Melbourne, VIC
References [<ExternalResource: (10 June 1940), 'Melbourne Herald', Basil Burdett's review of Nolan's first solo exhibition.>, <ExternalResource: O'Neill, Sally (2000), 'Nolan, Violet Cynthia'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>] [<ExternalResource: (10 June 1940), 'Melbourne Herald', Basil Burdett's review of Nolan's first solo exhibition.>]
Alternative names
  • Sir Sidney Robert Nolan
Cultural heritages
  • Irish
Related events
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
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