Title
Red gums of the far north
1931
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1931
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.6 x 63.4 cm sight; 79.5 x 94.7 x 4.2 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, dark brown watercolour "Hans Heysen 1931".
- Credit
- Purchased 1931
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 122
- Copyright
- © C Heysen
- Wynne Prize
- Winner - 1931
- Artist information
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Hans Heysen
Works in the collection
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About
This painting won the Wynne Prize in 1931 and was acquired by the Gallery in 1931.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 10 exhibitions
The Wynne Art Prize Competition, 1931, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jan 1932 -
Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco, 18 Feb 1939–29 Oct 1939
Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco, 25 May 1940–29 Sep 1940
Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836-1946, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 May 1946–Jun 1946
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, , 1968–1969
Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Dec 1979–28 Jan 1980
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 19 Dec 1986–01 Feb 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 06 Mar 1987–29 Mar 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 10 Apr 1987–17 May 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Griffith Regional Art Gallery, , 03 Jun 1987–20 Jun 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia, 01 Jul 1987–26 Jul 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, 07 Aug 1987–06 Sep 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, 18 Sep 1987–26 Oct 1987
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, 05 Nov 1987–13 Dec 1987
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 Nov 2008–08 Feb 2009
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 27 Nov 2009–14 Feb 2010
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 31 Jul 2010–24 Oct 2010
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Bibliography
Referenced in 12 publications
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Rebecca Andrews, Hans Heysen, 'Critical reception: 'A new note in Australian scenery'', pg. 108-111, Adelaide, 2008, 110, 111 (colour illus.), 135 (colour illus.).
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Helen Campbell, Wynne centenary 1897-1997: a selection of past winners from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1997.
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE (Director), Barry Pearce (Curator) and Dinah Dysart (Curator), The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition, Sydney, 1986, 25.
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Matthew Cawood, The Flinders Ranges, 'Hans Heysen', pg. 44-45, Sydney, 2000, 44 (colour illus.).
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Joan Chambers, Art of the land, Brookvale, 2002, 24 (colour illus.). Children's activities book
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Dennis Colsey and Hal Missingham, One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 11 (illus.). cat.no. 9
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Jane de Teliga, Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1979, 6.
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Lionel Lindsay, 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 360
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Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 15
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Bernard Smith, 100 years of Australian painting, 'Foreword', pg. 2-4, Sydney, 1948, 14. watercolours cat.no. 13
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William Splatt and Barbara Burton, 100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 136, 137 (colour illus.). plate no. 65
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Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836 to 1946, Sydney, 1946, 10. cat.no. 28
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