Sidney Nolan National Gallery of Victoria
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Sidney Nolan
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Africa Series by Sidney Nolan
African landscape, Rimbaud at Harar, Baboon, and Head of Rimbaud take us back to the awakening of Nolan’s inner eye during his youth, and forward to his last landscapes.
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Ern Malley by Sidney Nolan
The Army slouch hat and the blue eyes give the game away: this portrait of Ern Malley is Nolan confronting his demons – or perhaps his critics.
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Kelly and armour by Sidney Nolan
In Kelly and armour we finally see Kelly freed from his armour. Here, curator Barry Pearce finds some parallels between Nolan’s preoccupation with Ned Kelly and the poet Arthur Rimbaud.
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Leda and the Swan Series by Sidney Nolan
Nolan painted some 75 versions of Leda and the Swan. Curator Barry Pearce offers some insights into the artist’s motivations for painting the series.
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Riverbend I & Riverbend II by Sidney Nolan
Sidney Nolan recounts the experiences that led him to create this series while Curator Barry Pearce argues why Riverbend may be seen as Nolan’s greatest masterpiece.
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Deserted homestead by Sidney Nolan
Queensland was in the grip of a horrendous drought. Even so, Nolan drew inspiration from the trip, as Curator Barry Pearce recounts.