Sidney+Nolan

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992), Australian painter, an artist of great versatility, who developed a remarkable stock of imagery, often inspired by the history of his native Australia. He spent much of his career in Britain. His early works were highly [|abstract] in form and during the 1940s Nolan developed a brightly coloured, deliberately [|naive] figurative style, often using the commercial paint. He became particularly interested in representing the barren Australian landscape, as well as the stories of romantic historical characters, such as the outlaw [|Ned Kelly] //**Kelly & Kennedy**// - (L) Thijis' work, (R) Nolan original

//**3LM Class Members working on their Nolan inspired artwork** (below)://