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Sidney Nolan
Australian artist (1917–1992)
Sir Sidney Robert NolanOM AC CBE RA (22 April 1917 – 28 November 1992) was one of the leading Australian artists of the 20th century.
Working in a wide variety of media, his oeuvre is among the most diverse and prolific in all of modern art. He is best known for his series of paintings on legends from Australian history, most famously that of Ned Kelly, the bushranger and outlaw.
Sidney nolan short biography
Nolan's stylised depiction of Kelly's armour has become an icon of Australian art.
Biography
Early life
Sidney Nolan was born in Carlton, at that time an inner working-class suburb of Melbourne, on 22 April 1917.
He was the eldest of four children. His parents, Sidney (a tram driver) and Dora, were both fifth generation Australians of Irish descent.
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Nolan later moved with his family to the bayside suburb of St Kilda. He attended the Brighton Road State School and then Brighton Technical School and left school aged 14. H