Hans Heysen
(Germany, Australia, France 08 Oct 1877–02 Jul 1968)
- Title
- The hill of the creeping shadow
- Other titles:
- The Hill of the Creeping Shadow, Flinders Ranges
- Year
- 1929
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
66.0 x 92.0cm stretcher; 88.8 x 114.3 x 8.2cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, brown oil "HANS HEYSEN/ 1929".
- Credit
- Purchased 1929
- Accession number
- 4830
- Copyright
- © C Heysen
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Bibliography (15)
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‘Heysen to Heysen: letters across a generation’ by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 33-36., Look Mar 2012, Mar 2012, 34 (colour illus.), 35.
Rebecca Andrews (Australia, b.1977) (Author), Hans Heysen, Adelaide, 2008, 89 (colour illus.), 133 (colour illus.).
Geoffrey Smith (Author), Sidney Nolan: desert & drought, Melbourne, 2003, 10 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 143.
Alisa Bunbury (Australia) (Author), Arid Arcadia: Art of the Flinders Ranges, Adelaide, 2002, 77 (colour illus.), 78, 187 (illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 153 (colour illus.), 300.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Editor), Haruo Arikawa (Japan) (Author), Chikashi Kitazaki (Japan) (Editor), Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 22, 159 (colour illus.), 183. cat.no. 102
Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Seeing is believing: the art in photography, Sydney, 1985. cat.no. 20; not paginated
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), A century of Australian landscape: mood and moment, Sydney, 1983, 16, 71 (colour illus.). cat.no. 49
Author Unknown (Author), The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 72
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Domain, 1953. cat.no. 82
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 304 [Gallery No. 3]
'Loan pictures exhibition: three artists: Hans Heysen', pg. 6., The Mercury 19 Aug 1935, 19 Aug 1935, 6.
Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1965), Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1929), Sydney, 1929. cat.no. 100; titled 'The Hill of the Creeping Shadow, Flinders Ranges'; priced 250 guineas.
'Society of Artists' exhibition at the Education Department', pg. 16., The Sydney morning herald 06 Sep 1929, 06 Sep 1929, 16 (illus).
- Exhibition history (15)
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150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), National Gallery of South Australia, 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962.
A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Peking Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.
A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Shanghai Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.
Seeing is believing - the art in photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1985–19 Jan 1986.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
Arid Arcadia: art of the Flinders Ranges, Art Gallery of South Australia, 30 Aug 2002–03 Nov 2002.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 Nov 2008–08 Feb 2009.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 23 Apr 2009–21 Jun 2009.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 11 Jul 2009–02 Oct 2009.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 27 Nov 2009–14 Feb 2010.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), National Gallery of Australia, 14 May 2010–07 Jul 2010.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Queensland Art Gallery, 31 Jul 2010–24 Oct 2010.
Hans Heysen Retrospective (2008-2010), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 19 Nov 2010–30 Jan 2011.
