Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (April 22, 1917 - 28 November, 1992) was one of Australia's best-known painters and printmakers. Nolan was born in Melbourne and attended the National Gallery Art School. He was a close friend of the arts patrons John and Sunday Reed, and is regarded as one of the leading figures of the so-called "Heide Circle" that also included Albert Tucker, Joy Hester, Arthur Boyd and John Perceval. In 1938,he met and married his first wife Elizabeth, … Wikipedia
Sidney Nolan's engagement with the theatre, and with dance in particular, began in 1940 when he was commissioned to design Serge Lifar's Icare for the Original Ballet Russe then on tour in Australia. www.australiadancing.org/subjects/2161.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Sidney Nolan. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Nolan
Sidney Nolans 194647 Ned Kelly series is one of the greatest sequences of Australian paintings of the 20th century: Nolans starkly simplified depiction of Kelly in his armour has become an iconic Australian image. www.nga.gov.au/OutandAbout/Texts/44010.htm
About the Nolan Gallery The Nolan Gallery displays important works by renowned Australian artist, Sir Sidney Nolan. www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/nolan/index.asp
