- Hans Heysen
Sir (Hans) Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen, OBE (
October 8 ,1877 –July 2 ,1968 ) was a well-known GermanAustralia nartist . He was particularly recognised for hiswatercolour s of the Australian bush. He won theWynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times.Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in
Hamburg ,Germany . He migrated toAdelaide inSouth Australia with his family in 1884 at the age of 6. As a young boy Heysen showed an early interest in art. At 14 he left school to work with a hardware merchant, later studying art during nights at Art School in his spare time.In 1912 Hans Heysen had earned enough from his art to purchase a property called "The Cedars" near Hahndorf in the
Adelaide Hills , which remained as his home until his death in 1968 aged 90.The
Heysen Trail was named after Sir Hans Heysen.His daughter
Nora Heysen was also a successful artist.Wynne Prize
Heysen won the
Wynne Prize nine times. His winning works were:* 1904 - "Mystic Morn"
* 1909 - "Summer" (watercolour)
*1911 - "Hauling Timber"
*1920 - "Toilers" (watercolour)
*1922 - "The Quarry" (watercolour)
*1924 - "Afternoon in Autumn" (watercolour)
*1926 - "Farmyard, Frosty Morning"
*1931 - "Red Gums of the Far North" (watercolour)
*1932 - "Brachina Gorge"hExternal links
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090289b.htm article] at the
Australian Dictionary of Biography
* [http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/collection/australian/painting/h/heysen_h/education_kit.html education kit] at theNational Gallery of Victoria
* [http://www.balgal.com/?id=heysenhans The three gums] -Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
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