Former National Portrait Gallery Director, Andrew Sayers recalls meeting iconic Australian artist Sidney Nolan.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
Andrew Sayers explores the self-portraits created by Australian artist Sidney Nolan.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2007
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Dr Helen Nugent AO, Chairman, National Portrait Gallery Board announced today the appointment of Mr Sidney Myer AM as the inaugural President of the newly established National Portrait Gallery Foundation.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges and thanks all its supporters.
Nolan Heads will focus on the portraiture of one of Australia's most original painters and one of the few to have achieved an international reputation
The Board oversees the Gallery's strategic directions, objectives and governance.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2017
The first edition of Portrait Magazine features an article on Sidney Nolan's portraiture by former Gallery Director, Andrew Sayers.
