Papers of Sidney Nolan, 1912-2011 (bulk 1960s-1990s)
- Bib ID:
- 6263893
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Nolan, Sidney, Sir, 1917-1992
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Part available for research; part requires permission for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between 1912 and 2011]
- 30.17 m (147 boxes) + 3 large folio boxes + 3 phase boxes + 46 map folios + 74 albums + 1 security binder.
- Summary:
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The Papers of Sidney Nolan comprise an accumulation of personal and business records, the bulk of which date from the early 1960's to early 1990's, that document his personal life and artistic career from the late 1940's until after his death in 1992. The papers comprise diaries and notebooks, personal correspondence from family and friends, business correspondence from galleries, museums, universities and publishing houses, financial records including the sale of paintings and art supplies, printed documentation and research notes in relation to his artworks, photographs, press clippings, postcards and catalogues.
- Biography/History:
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Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, painter, illustrator, printmaker and set designer, was born in Melbourne in 1917. During the 1940s, he was part of the circle of artists that art patrons John and Sunday Reed collected around them at their home, Heide, in Victoria. He was also associated with the Angry Penguins, an artistic and literary avant-garde group. He is perhaps best known for his mythologising of the story of Ned Kelly in a series of paintings created during the 1940s, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Nolan married three times; his first wife was artist Elizabeth Paterson; his second wife was Cynthia Reed, the sister of his former patron John Reed, and his third wife was Mary Perceval, nee Boyd. Knighted in 1981, he died in 1992.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 10245.
- Associated materials: Guide to Manuscripts Collections relating to Sidney Nolan at the National Library of Australia MST 4.
- Please note that some of the material in Series 4 and 5 requires 48 hours' notice for retrieval. See Finding Aid for details.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-518295213
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1912-2011
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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