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Sir Sidney Nolan
‘Nolan has pursued his own path.
Sidney nolan biography summary
His predominantly figurative style has been an aesthetic refuge for eyes and minds bored by abstraction. His imagination is endlessly questing and his artistic and technical invention perhaps unparalleled.’ Jane Clark, 1987
Sir Sidney Robert NolanOM AC CBE RA Hon.
RE 1917 - 1992
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Nolan grew up in a conservative, colonial society in the grips of a savage depression. His family found stable work with the Melbourne tram company but even so had to supplement their income with illegal bookmaking.
Living on the streets and beaches around Melbourne Nolan could have sunk without trace but instead became one of the most celebrated and influential modern artists of his generation.
Nolan’s adoption of painting as a career may have been a direct result of his desire to break free from the physical and intellectual strictures of his upbringing.
Initially unable to satisfy his desire to travel to Europe he achi