Sidney NOLAN<br/> <em>Durack Ranges</em> 1950 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil and enamel paint on composition board<br /> 91.6 x 121.9 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1950<br /> 2327-4<br /> © The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--6074-->

Sidney Nolan Retrospective Exhibition

Paintings from 1937–1967

NGV at the State Library of Victoria of Site (until 1968)

22 Nov – 7 Dec 67

The present exhibition marks Nolan’s fiftieth birthday and covers the artist’s paintings from 1937 to 1967. Sidney Nolan is one of the very few painters whose work has developed from abstraction to representation. He is one of the quiet Australians, easy an inventive in conversation, with an enquiring mind and a sharp and quizzical eye, sharply aware of the oddities underlying the behaviour of his fellow man and never intolerant of the most unusual. The exhibition presents over 140 works drawn from private collections and state institutions.

AustraliaPainting Touring Exhibition

Touring dates & venues

Art Gallery of New South Wales
13 Sep – 29 Oct 67

The Western Australian Art Gallery
9 Jan – 4 Feb 68

Select works

Sidney NOLAN<br/> <em>Rain forest</em> 1957 <!-- (recto) --><br /> synthetic polymer paint and polyvinyl acetate on composition board<br /> 152.9 x 122.3 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1959<br /> 90-5<br /> © The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--6093--> Sidney NOLAN<br/> <em>Durack Ranges</em> 1950 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil and enamel paint on composition board<br /> 91.6 x 121.9 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1950<br /> 2327-4<br /> © The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--6074-->