Sidney Nolan

Description

The speed at which Sidney Nolan worked, and the expansiveness of his production, has always presented something of a dilemma for the retrospective defining of his genius. John Olsen once described Nolan as having a wild eye, by which he was able to glimpse a motif with the instantaneousness of a lens shutter, spawning a bewildering plethora of images, from ephemeral sketches to large-scale compositions, many of which have become indelible icons of 20th century Australian art. This retrospective, consisting of approximately 116 paintings, will be presented in chronological order, underlining the evolution of Nolans vision from its genesis in St Kilda during the late 1930s to the United Kingdom half a century later.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Sidney NolanThames & Hudson1961-01-01
• Sidney NolanArts Council1957-01-01
• Sidney Nolanthe Gallery1957-01-01
• Sidney NolanMarlborough Fine Art Limited1963-01-01
• Sidney NolanMarlborough Fine Art Galleries1965-01-01
• Sidney NolanArt Gallery of New South Wales1967-01-01