Heysen made the monumental gum tree a hero of his nationalistic Federation-period pieces ... he had bought his first paints at age 14 and within two years had sold his first piece of art, “The Wet ...

Painting self-portraits is the one time when ... She says – without a hint of boastfulness – that she could have painted a gum tree and signed her father’s name to it and no one would ...

The writer was more interested in stating the importance of Hans Heysen as “the incomparable painter of the Australian gum-tree” than in ... of all Australian art prizes, judged by a ...

She took portraiture, and flowers. Despite her early successes and the fact that she came from art world establishment, Heysen’s work, along with the work of a swathe of Australia’s best ...

Fancy the idea of taking a long walk and looking at art? Art that depicts the very landscape you're in? In South Australia the Heysen Trail goes from Cape Jervis on the coast up 1,200 km through ...

“It’s such a fascinating story,” says Dr Angela Hesson, curator of the exhibition at the NGV presenting the work of both Hans and Nora Heysen. “Not just as a microcosm of Australian art history, but ...