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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Cross (Cruz), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page, Image 1.

    Susan Harbage Page

    Cross (Cruz), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging, 2011

    Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper

    17 x 22 in (43.18 x 55.88 cm)

  2. 40 West Sprague Street Winston Salem, NC VIII by Charles Walker, Image 1.

    Charles Walker

    40 West Sprague Street Winston Salem, NC VIII, 2006

    Acrylic on canvas

    12.25 x 12.25 x 1.5 in (31.12 x 31.12 x 3.81 cm)

  3. Deer by Ignatius Palmer, Image 1.

    Ignatius Palmer

    Deer, 1978

    Watercolor on paper

    8.5 x 11.5 in (21.59 x 29.21 cm)

  4. Old Stairway-Lakeside by John Talleur, Image 1.

    John Talleur

    Old Stairway-Lakeside, 1973

    Etching on paper

    18 x 15.5 in (45.72 x 39.37 cm)

  5. Space Walk by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Space Walk, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    20 x 29.875 in (50.8 x 75.88 cm)

  6. London Series II: Untitled (Blue/Pale Blue) by Robert Motherwell, Image 1.

    Robert Motherwell

    London Series II: Untitled (Blue/Pale Blue), 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    28.3125 x 41.125 in (71.91 x 104.46 cm)

  7. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - As You Like It by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - As You Like It, 1803

    Engraving on paper

  8. Comb (Mbole People, Congo) by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Comb (Mbole People, Congo)

    Wood

    6.75 x 2.75 in (17.15 x 6.99 cm)

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About the artist

Sidney Nolan

Australian

1917-1992

Australian modernist painter. Nolan attended the National Gallery of Victoria’s School of Art but was mostly influenced by books on Picasso, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse and the Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was in Melbourne. He was conscripted into the army (1942) and served two years in northwestern Victoria, where he painted landscape and figures. He deserted the army (1944) and began his painting series of Ned Kelly, which made the Kelly Gang made Ned Kelly iconic of Australian identity. He left Melbourne (1947) to paint historical series while trekking across Queensland, Fraser Island and Central Australia. He went to London, Greece and the US (1951) and designed for theatre and opera, including Samon et Dalila (1987), The Abduction from the Seraglio (1987), and II Trovatore (1983). He became an Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Arts (1987) and Companion of the Order of Australia (1988).