In his paintings of miners, Sidney Nolan demonstrated his credentials as “a properly masculine Australian artist”. Discover more about the life and extraordinary career of the artist in this documentary streaming now on BBC iPlayer: https://bbc.in/302lxB5 | BBC Arts

Sidney Nolan speaks in detail about the paintings from his famous Ned Kelly series (1946–1947) on show at his Retrospective at The Royal Dublin Society, Dublin in 1973. He provides background stories to the paintings with wit, humour and humility describing the scene of one painting 'like a Charlie Chaplin film.' The Art in Australia collection celebrates Australian art, artists and exhibitions through interviews and documentary footage from the 1950s to the 1980s. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collec

Did you know Heide is where Sidney Nolan painted his iconic Ned Kelly series? Always Modern: The Heide Story, on now at Heide Cottage, tells the origin story of Heide through highlights from the museum collection from the 1930s to 1950s. The Reeds purchased the Heide property in 1934 and opened their home to a progressive cultural community. Artists came through in successive waves, beginning with Sam Atyeo, Moya Dyring and Danila Vassilieff in the early years, then Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Jo