Hans Heysen b. 8 October 1877

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
German-born, Adelaide-based painter. Probably more than any other artist, Hans Heysen changed the way Australia saw the gum tree, as for many, many years his eye was closely trained on the landscape of his beloved Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges.
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Citations

  • 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT’.

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • Hylton, Jane and Neylon, John (2004), 'Hans Heysen: Into the light’, Adelaide, SA: Wakefield Press.

  • 'Letters between Sir Hans Heysen and Harold J. Wright’, National Library of Australia MS5073.

  • Driden, David (1966), 'The Art of Hans Heysen’, Adelaide, SA: Rigby.

  • Thiele, Colin (1968), 'Heysen of Hahndorf’, Adelaide, SA: Rigby.

  • North, Ian (1977), 'Hans Heysen Centenary Retrospective’, Adelaide, SA: Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.

  • Robinson, Julie (1992), 'Hans Heysen: The Creative Journey’, Adelaide, SA: Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.

Initial data sources

  • National Gallery of Australia

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Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)