Sidney Nolan (Australian 1917-1992)
Having started as a designer and illustrator Nolan emerged as a full time painter at the start of the 1950's and subsequently moved to Europe to paint. Nolan has been called a painter's painter, whose work often took the form of a personal diary. He was able to work intensively over short periods and was noted for series of pictures with a single theme, such as the Ned Kelly paintings and drawings, amongst his most memorable images.
