Sidney Nolan became a defining Australian modernist through his Ned Kelly series, painted in the 1940s using simplified figures, flat color and the stark landscape of southeastern Australia. Later series addressed explorers, miners, war and mythology across an internationally active career.
Painting; printmaking
Major Works
- 1946Ned Kelly
- 1946The Chase
- 1946Death of Constable Scanlon
- 1947The Trial
- 1947The Slip
- 1946Glenrowan
- 1947Mrs Fraser
- 1948–50Burke and Wills series
- 1950sGallipoli series
- 1964–65Riverbend
Interviews & Writing
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