Sidney NOLAN

Central Australia
1949

Medium

oil and enamel paint on composition board

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1950
© The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

Sidney Nolan was one of Australia’s most inventive and influential artists. Between 1949 and 1953 Nolan created a series of extraordinary images that depicted inland Australia. These included aerial views of desert and mountain ranges, drought-stricken landscapes with carcasses, poignant narratives of the Burke and Wills expedition, and images of religion in an Australian context. Nolan’s unique vision, which had an overwhelming impact on local audiences, launched his international career and supplanted the pastoral imagery that had dominated Australian landscape painting since the nineteenth century.

Artwork Details

Medium

oil and enamel paint on composition board

Measurements

92.1 × 121.9 cm

Inscription

inscribed in pencil (erased in 1962) Nolan 29.11.49

Accession Number

2241-4

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1950
© The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Landscapes

Subjects (specific)

Australia (nation) bird's-eye views burnt ochre (colour) dirt roads mountain landscapes (visual works) Northern Territory (territory)

Movements

Angry Penguins

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Central Australia
1949