Author

Contributions

  • Bail, Murray, 1941- - Contributor
  • Sayers, Andrew, 1957- - Contributor
  • National Gallery of Australia. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Language

English

Word Count

19,500 words, Guess

Page Count

78 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002449191
  • Goodreads572106
  • LibraryThing397054

Classifications

  • LCCND1105.N6 A4 2002

Alternate Titles

  • Ned Kelly

Description

"Sidney Nolan built a compelling narrative around the figure of Ned Kelly, the colourful and wronged anti-hero in his homemade armour, and the comic-opera police who pursue him through the vast and featureless Australian bush landscape. The mythologising of Ned Kelly did not start with Nolan's paintings, but his images remain the most enduring and instantly recognisable versions. With the stark black silhouette or Ned Kelly, Nolan found his powerful symbol and poetic metaphor for Australian's relationsip with their land. Nolan returned to the subject of Ned Kelly throughout his painting life but the later works never matched the freshness, immediacy and intensity of the first series. Nolan's unforgettable depictions of the Australian bush and the country's history and folklore have earned him a place in the Australian imagination unrivalled by any other painter." - book jacket.

Subjects

Topics

PaintingCatalogsPortraitsBiographyBushrangersPainting, australianNolan, sidney, 1917-1992

Genres

  • Portraits
  • Catalogs.

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