The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli soldier wearing glasses, brown background. This portrait very much relates to Nolan's idea of Australian bush mythology and could easily fit in with the Burke and Wills series. Nolan was very interested in Australian archetypes and faces and he wanted to show that these bushmen and city lads had been isolated at Gallipoli with all their exuberance, youth and innocence, to be confronted with the horrors of war. It relates to Nolan's concept of the hero as part of the Australian and ancient Greek ideal.
Head of a Gallipoli soldier in green, wearing a hat. This portrait very much relates to Nolan's idea of Australian bush mythology and could easily fit in with the Burke and Wills series. Nolan was ver
Portrait of a Gallipoli soldier. Nolan was very interested in Australian types and faces and he wanted to show that these bushmen and city lads had been isolated at Gallipoli with all their exuberance
Head of a Gallipoli soldier wearing a hat. Nolan was very interested in Australian archetypes and faces and he wanted to show that these bushmen and city lads had been isolated at Gallipoli with all t
Gallipoli soldier wearing slouch hat and medals. Nolan was very interested in Australian archetypes and faces and he wanted to show that these bushmen and city lads had been isolated at Gallipoli with
Gallipoli soldier, horse and gun carriage, with red, yellow and blue streaks of colour lower centre. In an interview 13 April 1978 Nolan said that horses in the Gallipoli series relate to the Homeric
Head of Gallipoli soldier in black and yellow, wearing a hat. When Nolan returned to the Gallipoli series in 1977 the portrait types of soldiers had lost their spark of innocence and somehow felt tarn
