Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly – in pictures

The story of bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang of outlaws has become the stuff of Australian legend, but nobody captured the essence of the story in a way that resonated with the public quite like modernist artist Sidney Nolan. In a series comprising more than two dozen paintings, Nolan depicted everything from the Kelly family’s domestic life to their violent run-ins with the police. Now, Nolan’s famous Ned Kelly series is showing at the Art Gallery of Western Australia for a short time. Curator Deborah Hart gave Guardian Australia a preview of some of the works

Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series is showing at Art Gallery of Western Australia until 12 November

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