The Gallery houses many works by significant artists, including works by Sidney Nolan, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale and Peter Preston it is the custodian of a substantial public art collection.
Although "enamels" and "painted enamel" in art normally refer to vitreous enamel, in the 20th century some artists used commercial enamel paints in art, including Pablo Picasso (mixing it with oil paint), Hermann-Paul and Sidney Nolan.
He has a substantial collection of Australian art deco and contemporary art including works of Brett Whiteley and Sidney Nolan.
During this period, she met with the artist Sidney Nolan and his wife, with whom she discussed her experiences with the Aborigines.
Admiring Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly paintings and he developed numerous series based on such archetypes; typically producing a large number of works for each series.
Blundell painted works with the style of, among others, Australian artists Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Sidney Nolan, Lloyd Rees, Arthur Streeton, Elioth Gruner, Brett Whiteley and also Claude Monet.
Sidney Poitier | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Nolan | Sidney Bechet | Philip Sidney | Nolan Ryan | Sidney Crosby | Albert Sidney Johnston | Nolan Bushnell | Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea | Sidney | Sylvia Sidney | Sidney Reilly | Sidney Altman | Christopher Nolan | Sidney Paget | Sidney Howard | Sidney Colvin | Henry Sidney | Stephen Nolan | Sidney Smith | Sidney Lee | Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin | Sidney Cotton | Sidney Blumenthal | Donald Sidney-Fryer | William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle | William F. Nolan | Sidney Sheldon | Sidney Robertson Cowell |
Daisy Bates at Ooldea is a painting by Australian artist Sidney Nolan, completed in Sydney in 1950 after Nolan, his wife Cynthia and stepdaughter Jinx visited the small South Australian settlement of Ooldea during their travels in Central Australia.
The Mora family's social circle included many Australian artists who subsequently became world-famous -- Ian Sime, Charles Blackman and Barbara Blackman, Fred Williams, John Perceval and Mary Perceval, Albert Tucker, Barrett Reid, Laurence Hope, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Joy Hester.
Through the Boyds, Murrumbeena played host to other well-known artists including John Perceval, Sidney Nolan, Hatton Beck, and Peter Herbst.