Hans Heysen Australia, 1877-1968
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About Hans Heysen
Sir Hans Heysen was born in Hamburg and arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1884. He was a watercolourist and studied at the Norwood Art School under James Ashton, the Adelaide School of Design under Harry P. Gill and the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Paris. His first exhibition was held at. the Guild Hall, Melbourne in 1908. In South Australia he lived in the town of Hahndorf and produced many superb watercolours of Australian bush. landscapes with strongly drawn gum trees, many of which portrayed the stand of gum trees on his own property, the Flinders Ranges and the Mount Lofty Range. Hans Heysen won the Wynne Prize for landscapes nine times between 1904 and 1932. He was a member for the Board of Trustees of A.G.S.A. and won various other prizes such as the. Crouch Prize in 1932, Vizard-Wholohan Prize in 1957 and an O.B.E. was conferred. on him in 1954 and he was knighted in 1959.
Hans Heysen is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1966 of 3,592, of which 2,657 (74%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $601,364 for A Summer's Day, c.1907 sold by Deutscher and Hackett in July 2020. This year 17 works have been offered for sale. Works by Hans Heysen are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and a further eight major public national galleries (see list below).
Hans Heysen is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 516
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 322
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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