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Nora Heysen Nora Heysen i(A59437 works by)
Born: Established: 11 Jan 1911 Hahndorf, Mount Barker (SA) area, Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 30 Dec 2003 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 5 y separately published work icon Selected Letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen Hans Heysen , Nora Heysen , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2011 Z1813880 2011 selected work correspondence

'The prominent Australian artist Nora Heysen has been said to have worked in the shadow of her father Hans Heysen, one of Australia's most recognised landscape painters. Letters between the two, however, reveal a different story.

'In 1934, when Nora first travelled to London to study art, she experienced her first time away from home and the first of many, often exotic places from where she would write home to Hahndorf, South Australia. The correspondence between Nora and Hans continued until his death in 1968. Theirs was a close and affectionate relationship, in which father and daughter shared a lifetime of thoughts about art and life, and a mutual admiration and respect for each other's work.

'Heysen to Heysen is a showcase of letters between Nora and Hans Heysen from the collection of the National Library of Australia. Accompanied by carefully selected images and text by leading art historian Catherine Speck, the publication lifts the lid on a vista of Australian art.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 2 y separately published work icon Woggheeguy : Australian Aboriginal Legends Catherine Stow , Adelaide : F. W. Preece , 1930 Z870520 1930 selected work short story Indigenous story
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