Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan (22 April 1917 – 28 November 1992) is one of Australia's best-known painters and print makers. He was born in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, the eldest of four children.In 1917--1931, Nolan attended the Brighton Road State School and then Brighton Technical School . When he was 14, he enrolled at the Prahran Technical College for Department of Design and Crafts. At the same time, he attended night classes sporadically at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School.

Nolan was a traveler, he travelled around the world and went to

many countries. He married three times, his first wife Elizabeth, but his marriage soon broke up; and then he married his friend's sister; In 1978, he married Mary Boyd, a member of the Boyd artistic family.

Nolan usually used oil and enamel paint on composition boa

rd. His most famous work is a series of the brush ranger Ned Kelly who was his idol. Nolan’s ‘Ned Kelly’ series follows the main order of the Kelly story, his development of the Kelly image as a symbol for Australian history, identity and character.

Kelly and armour 1962

Kelly (1955)

The Trial (1947)

In my opinion, Nolan is a great artist because he used a spacial person as the original model to create a series works of art. He usually used warm color, it has a really Australian feeling. All of his works are colorful, and his Kelly hasn't features on the face, just a square.