The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Painted by Nolan while serving in the Army at Dimboola, Victoria. The artist was bored with army life and longed to go the front line as an official war artist. He embodied his sentiments in a figure 'dreaming' of escaping while sitting on the latrine. The Dimboola countryside is evident in the background with army tents at right and a firing range at left.
Crouching soldier wearing plumed hat, with gun carriage. The work is related to 'Dream of the latrine sitter' painted by Nolan while serving in the Army at Dimboola, Victoria in 1942. The artist was b
Crouching soldier wearing plumed hat, with gun carriage. The work is related to 'Dream of the latrine sitter' painted by Nolan while serving in the Army at Dimboola, Victoria in 1942. The artist was b
Study from the firing range of Tarin Kot captured by Quilty while on deployment as official war artist in October 2011.
Study of the firing range at Tarin Kot captured by Quilty while on deployment as official war artist in October 2011.
Informal portrait of artist Sidney Nolan, aged 72. An Australian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and stage designer, Nolan was born in Melbourne in 1917. Working as a commercial artist he studied int
A figure of an Australian soldier sitting in the mud with his head in his hands in the Western Front during the First World War. This life sized diorama was commissioned to highlight the harsh conditi
Gallipoli landscape with figure diving into the water. the lifeless figure seems to be submerged in murky water. Nolan stated in an interview (13 April 1978) that the lifeless floating figures in the
