Glenrowan
Painting
Contemporary Realism
Modern
63.0 x 76.0 cm
Canberra Museum and Gallery
The town of Glenrowan, and in particular the Glenrowan Inn, have become synonymous with Ned Kelly and his gang. It was here that the Glenrowan siege took place, when Kelly was finally captured by the police. Nolan produced several works of art, including a tapestry, focusing on events at Glenrowan, and this is one of his earliest. This painting expresses an eerie sense of foreboding as two legless and faceless figures, clad in black armour, appear in the open clearing, behind the Glenrowan Inn where the Kelly gang ultimately met their fate. The bushrangers are exposed and vulnerable. The field of delicate yellow wildflowers and a small pool of light in the foreground are juxtaposed against a band of dark sky and slashes of black cross-hatching which reinforce the sense of tension and disquiet in this painting.
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (1917 – 1992)
Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) var en dansk kunstner og modernistisk pioner kendt for ikoniske Ned Kelly malerier samt ekspressive landskaber og et unik dansk perspektiv på australiens historie. Oplev hans kunst hos OriginalUniqueArt!
Canberra Museum and Gallery (Canberra, Australia)
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Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Glenrowan
- Kunstner: Sir Sidney Robert Nolan
- Oprindelige mål: 63.0 x 76.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Ophavsretlig status: Beskyttet af ophavsret
- Udstillet hos: Canberra Museum and Gallery
- Bevægelse: Contemporary Realism
- Medie: Painting
- Kontekstuelt korpus: landscape and identity , ned kelly legend
- Hovedfarve: Driftwood