Sidney Nolan - The Artist's Materials
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Cynthia Nolan
Duco
Dulux
Eliza Fraser
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Fayrefield hat company
Fine Art Appreciation Day
household paint
Mary Nolan
Masonite
Melbourne
Ned Kelly
nitrocellulose
polyvinyl acetate
PVA
Queensland
Ripolin
Saint Kilda
Saul Steinberg
Sid Linoleum
signs on glass
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spray paint
synthetic paint
The Rodd Studio
vinyl emulsion paint
Wahroonga Studio Paints
war
Wimmera
Product details
- ISBN 9781606065945
- Weight: 488g
- Dimensions: 192 x 251mm
- Publication Date: 06 Dec 2019
- Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) is renowned for an oeuvre ranging from views of Melbourne's seaside suburb St. Kilda to an iconic series on outlaw hero Ned Kelly. Working in factories from age fourteen, Nolan began his training spray painting signs on glass, which was followed by a job cutting and painting displays for Fayrefield Hats. Such employment offered him firsthand experience with commercial synthetic paints developed during the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1939, having given up his job at Fayrefield in pursuit of an artistic career, Nolan became obsessed with European abstract
paintings he saw reproduced in books and magazines. With little regard for the longevity of his work, he began to exploit materials such as boot polish, dyes, secondhand canvas, tissue paper, and old photographs, in addition to commercial and household paints. He continued to embrace new materials after moving to London in 1953. Oil-based Ripolin enamel is known to have been Nolan's preferred paint, but this fascinating study-certain to appeal to conservators, conservation scientists, art historians, and general readers with an interest in modern art-reveals his equally innovative use of nitrocellulose, alkyds, and other diverse materials.
Paula Dredge is head of paintings conservation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
