Hans Heysen | |
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![]() Hans Heysen by Harold Cazneaux ca. 1935 | |
Born | Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen 8 October 1877 Hamburg, Germany |
Died | 2 July 1968 | (aged 90)
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Adelaide Easel Club |
Patron(s) | H H Wigg, W L Davidson, F A Joyner, Charles Henry de Rose |
Sir Hans Heysen OBE (8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968) was an Australian artist.
One of Australia's best known landscape painters,[1] Heysen became a household name during his lifetime for his watercolours and oil paintings of the Australian bush, in particular men and animals toiling among monumental gum trees against a background of atmospheric light.[2] He also won acclaim for his groundbreaking depictions of arid landscapes in the Flinders Ranges. He won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times.
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