Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly: The Ned Kelly Paintings in the National Gallery of Australia [Paperback]

Murray Bail (Author), Sidney Nolan (Author), Andrew Sayers (Author)

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Publication Date: July 2002

Sidney Nolan (1917--1992) built a compelling narrative around the figure of Ned Kelly, a colorful and wronged anti-hero in homemade armor, and the comic-opera police who pursue him through the vast and featureless Australian bush landscape. The mythologizing of Ned Kelly -- a horsethief hanged in Melbourne in 1880, at age 25 -- did not start with Nolanís paintings, but his images remain the most enduring and instantly recognizable versions. With the stark black silhouette of Ned Kelly, Nolan found his most powerful symbol and poetic metaphor for Australiansí relationship with their land.

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About the Author

Andrew Sayers is director of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Murray Bailís novels include the prize-winning Eucalyptus.

Product Details

Paperback: 78 pages
Publisher: National Gallery of Australia (July 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0642542015
ISBN-13: 978-0642542014
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,723,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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