Eucalyptus

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)

Oil on board or paper (?)

c.1950-1954
  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Other
    City: looted or destroyed

    Destroyed or looted in riots, Baghdad, Iraq, 1958

  • About the artist
    Sidney Nolan was born in Melbourne, Australia and painted full-time from 1938. Early works revealed his awareness of European avant-garde art of the 1930s. At his first solo exhibition in Melbourne in 1940, a viewer was so enraged by Nolan’s ‘modernist spirit’ that he threw a pot of paint over a work. In 1942, while serving in the Army, Nolan began painting landscapes. In 1946 he began the first of his depictions of the outlaw, Ned Kelly, a series of works that made his name. Nolan settled in London in 1951, yet he did more than any other Australian artist to convey the immensity and beauty of the Outback. In 1954 he exhibited at the Venice Biennale and during the 1960s exhibited his work in major shows in London, New York and Australia.
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    board, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Title
    Eucalyptus
    Date
    c.1950-1954
    Medium
    Oil on board or paper (?)
    Dimensions
    height: 72.40 cm, width: 63.50 cm
    Inscription
    br: NOLAN
    GAC number
    2833