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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Name
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 - 1992 London, England
  • 1948 - 1953 Sydney, NSW
  • 1917 - 1947 Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • 1934 - 1936 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1932 Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English

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Related stub people
  • Nolan, Mary (nee Boyd) (spouse of)
  • Nolan, Cynthia (nee Reed) (spouse of)
  • Nolan, Jinx (parent of)
  • Langslow, Amelda (parent of)
  • Reed, Sunday (associate of)
  • Vassilieff, Danila (associate of)
  • Reed, John (associate of)
  • White, Patrick (associate of)
  • Clark, Kenneth (Lord) (associate of)
  • Snow, C.P. (Lord) (associate of)
  • Britten, Benjamin (Lord) (associate of)
  • McAlpine, Alistair (Lord) (associate of)
  • Lowell, Robert (associate of)
  • Moorehead, Alan (associate of)
  • Osborne, Charles (associate of)
  • Johnston, George (associate of)
  • Clift, Charmian (associate of)
Related people
  • Paterson, Elizabeth (relative of)
  • Boyd, Arthur (associate of)
  • Tucker, Albert (associate of)
  • Hester, Joy (associate of)
Related works
  • The journey (creator of)
  • African landscape (creator of)
  • Leda and the swan (creator of)
  • Drowned soldier at Anzac as Icarus (creator of)
  • Carcass (creator of)
  • Pretty Polly Mine (creator of)
  • Fraser Island (creator of)
  • Ned Kelly (creator of)
  • Death of Sergeant Kennedy at Stringybark Creek (creator of)
  • Under the Pier (creator of)
  • Boy in Township (creator of)
  • Luna Park (creator of)
Related collections
  • Numerous other public, corporate, institutional and private collections in Australia, the United Kingdom and elsewhere (collected in)
  • Tate Gallery, London (collected in)
  • Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, ACT (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Royal Academician (received)
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)
  • 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)