SIDNEY NOLAN, 1917-1992
Leda and Swan, c. 1961
Oil on paper on board
25 x 30.2 cm
Private collection
Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the
daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of
Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had
approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the other twin, Pollux,
and of Helen, both of whom hatched from eggs. Variant legends gave divine
parentage to both the twins and possibly also to Clytemnestra, with all three
of them having hatched from the eggs of Leda, while yet other legends say that
Leda bore the twins to her mortal husband, Tyndareus. Still other variants say
that Leda may have hatched out Helen from an egg laid by the goddess Nemesis,
who was similarly approached by Zeus in the form of a swan.The divine swan’s
encounter with Leda was a subject depicted by both ancient Greek and Italian
Renaissance artists; Leonardo da Vinci undertook a painting (now lost) of the
theme, and Correggio’s Leda (c. 1530s) is a well-known treatment of the
subject. More
Leda and The Swan
SIDNEY NOLAN, 1917-1992
Leda and Swan, c. 1961
Oil on paper on board
24.4 x 29.5 cm
Private collection
Sidney Nolan was born in Carlton, at that time an inner working-class suburb of Melbourne, on 22 April 1917. He was the eldest of four children. His parents, Sidney (a tram driver) and Dora, were both fifth generation Australians of Irish descent. Nolan later moved with his family to the bayside suburb of St Kilda. He attended the Brighton Road State School and then Brighton Technical School and left school aged 14. He enrolled at the Prahran Technical College, Department of Design and Crafts, in a course which he had already begun part-time by correspondence. From 1933, at the age of 16, he began almost six years of work for Fayrefield Hats, Abbotsford, producing advertising and display stands with spray paints and dyes. From 1934 he attended night classes sporadically a ria Art School. From 1933, at the age of 16, he began almost six years of work for Fayrefield Hats, Abbotsford, producing advertising and display stands with spray paints and dyes. From 1934 he attended night classes sporadically a ria Art School.
Nolan painted a wide range of personal interpretations of historical and legendary figures. Nolan painted a wide range of personal interpretations of historical and legendary figures, including explorers Burke and Wills, and Eliza Fraser. More on Sidney Nolan
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