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
- 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
- Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul 06 Mar 1987–29 Mar 1987
- Orange Regional Gallery, Orange 10 Apr 1987–17 May 1987
- Griffith Regional Art Gallery 03 Jun 1987–20 Jun 1987
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia 01 Jul 1987–26 Jul 1987
- Albury Regional Gallery, Albury 07 Aug 1987–06 Sep 1987
- Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill 18 Sep 1987–26 Oct 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
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 27 Nov 2009–14 Feb 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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