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Hans Heysen Hans Heysen i(A63539 works by) (a.k.a. Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen; Wilhelm Ernest Heysen; Sir Hans Heysen)
Born: Established: 8 Oct 1877 Hamburg,
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 2 Jul 1968 Hahndorf, Mount Barker (SA) area, Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1883
Heritage: German
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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 y separately published work icon Cinty and the Laughing Jackasses and Other Children's Stories Mary Daly , Melbourne : Herald Gravure , 1961 Z848886 1961 selected work children's fiction children's
1 Greetings to Jarrah Leaves Louis McCubbin , George Mackaness , John Longstaff , Hugh McCrae , Hans Heysen , Vance Palmer , Nettie Palmer , Frank Dalby Davison , Will Ashton , James Booth , 1933 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Jarrah Leaves : A Literary and Artistic Annual Wholly Written and Illustrated by Western Australians 1933; (p. 7-8)
1 A Grey Morning i "On mornings when the mist is hanging thick", Hans Heysen , 1930 single work poetry children's
— Appears in: Blossom in 'The Land of Sunshine' : Gift Book 1930; (p. 35)
1 y separately published work icon Blossom in 'The Land of Sunshine' : Gift Book Hindmarsh : Whitefield's Institute , 1930 Z1513023 1930 anthology poetry children's fiction lyric/song drama children's
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