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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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
Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950
Date
2007 - 2009
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Touring exhibition curated by National Gallery Director, Ron Radford.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au/AboutUs/press/OceanToOutback.cfm
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
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

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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