Hans Heysen
(Germany, Australia, France 08 Oct 1877–02 Jul 1968)
The Guardian, Brachina Gorge
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Hans Heysen captured aspects of the Australian landscape like few of his generation, with an assuredness underscored by his facility as a draughtsman and acute observer of nature. The Gallery has nineteen of Heysen's drawings of the landscape around his South Australian home at Hahndorf and in the Flinders Ranges.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
- Year
- 1931
- Media
- Drawing
- Medium
- charcoal on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 63.2cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., charcoal "HANS HEYSEN 1931".
- Credit
- Purchased 1943
- Accession number
- 7381
