Sidney Nolan: Ned Kelly Series
Sidney Nolan
Ned Kelly, 1946
Enamel paint on composition board
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977
Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series depicted the story of Australia’s most infamous outlaw in a sequence of 26 paintings.
Nolan’s starkly simplified silhouette and vibrant colour strokes brought this early colonial mythology to life, with Nolan’s depiction quickly forming part of Australia’s shared iconography.
The series was a masterclass on Australian history and the development of a new figuration and landscape depiction in Australian art.
Ned Kelly series was on tour from the National Gallery of Australia.
Ned Kelly Series, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2018
Image by Murray Art Museum Albury
Ned Kelly Series, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2018
Image by Murray Art Museum Albury
Ned Kelly Series, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2018
Image by Murray Art Museum Albury
