The Haus Hahndorf - Hans Heysen Watercolour Unveiling (The Camp on the Wonoka Creek)
Saturday, August the 12th, 2017 saw Hans Heysen's masterpiece 'The Camp on the Wonoka Creek' return home to Hahndorf.
The painting, which is thought to be Heysen’s largest watercolour, was discovered in a private collection in Germany where the famous artist was born. The masterpiece was then picked up by an international art dealer and sent back to South Australia.
The Duffield Family (owners of The Haus Restaurant) saw it as their opportunity to preserve the Heysen legacy in Hahndorf when the auction for the watercolour was announced.
An extremely competitive auction saw the watercolour eventually sell for $110,000 - well above the estimated $60,000 price point.
The masterpiece is available for all to see at The Haus Restaurant - 38a Main Street, Hahndorf SA 5245.
Hans Heysen House
Last weekend we did a visit of the Hans Heysen House; The Cedars, just outside Hahndorf. An enjoyable walk around the gardens and his studio and also learnt quite a lot about the man and his art. Also his daughter Nora became an accomplished artist and her works were also on display. Overall a great trip into the Adelaide Hills.
Sir Hans Heysen OBE (8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968) was a German-born Australian artist. He became a household name for his watercolours of monumental Australian gum trees. Heysen also produced images of men and animals toiling in the Australian bush, as well as groundbreaking depictions of arid landscapes in the Flinders Ranges. He won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times.
By 1912 Hans Heysen had earned enough from his art to purchase a property called The Cedars near Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, which remained as his home until his death in 1968 aged 90. Hans Heysen is best remembered for his remarkable paintings depicting sheep and cattle among massive gum trees against a background of stunning atmospheric effects of light.
The Heysen Trail; which is named after Hans Heysen, is one of the world's great walking trails and the longest dedicated walking trail in Australia. The 1,200 km trail starts at Cape Jervis and winds along the beaches and sea cliffs of the south coast before passing over rolling hills and rural landscapes of the Fleurieu Peninsula and Mt Lofty Ranges. Beyond Mt Bryan, the trail crosses over to the rugged peaks and valleys of the Flinders Ranges as it heads to Parachilna Gorge where it ends.
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The Cedars - Facebook LIVE
This morning we’re here with Mary at The Cedars discovering The Studio of Sir Hans Heysen ???? Watch as we take a look inside at some of his famous pieces of art!
Each week we host a Hahndorf Facebook Live interview with one of the shops or experiences in this popular tourist village in South Australia.
Rediscovering Hans Heysen - National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia Lecture
TOP 20 HAHNDORF (SA) Attractions (Things to Do & See)
Best places to visit in Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia. Hahndorf is a town in Adelaide Hills region. Hahndorf is one of the important tourism spot in South Australia. This town named after the Danish captain of the Zebra, Dirk Meinerts Hahn.
Things to do in Hahndorf is to visit Beerenberg Family Farm, The Cedars, Hahndorf Hill Winery, Ambleside Distillers, Hahndorf Farm Barn, Hans Heysen Art Studio, The Aboriginal Art House, Somerled Cellar Door, Hahndorf Heritage Walk, Hahndorf Fruit and Veg Market, Australian Opal Company, Grass Roots Vintage, Scott & La Prova Cellar Door, RockBare Cellar Door, Pioneer Memorial Gardens, Hahndorf Antique & Collectible, Kaminski Art Centre, POP Market and Bukartilla Gallery. Don't forget to visit Adelaide Hills Visitor Information Centre in Hahndorf to get more information about tourist attractions in Hahndorf town or Adelaide Hills region.
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Hahndorf Walking Tours and Sir Hans Heysen
Exhibition of Sir Hans Heysen's work at Hahndorf Academy with Hahndorf Walking Tours owner/operator Sharon Pippos. Sir Hans Heysen is a world renowned Australian landscape artist who lived at The Cedars, his family home in Hahndorf.
Hans Heysen's Historic Art Studio - ABC Radio Excerpt
Hans Heysen.mp4
Terry Jarvis Watercolour Exhibition at Hans Heysen's studio
Hans Heysen in his studio - ABC archival footage
War and love – Nora Heysen
Anne-Louise Willoughby is the author of Nora Heysen, a portrait, a biography of the Australian painter. Join the author for a talk and readings focusing on Heysen’s experiences as Australia’s first female official war artist.
Presented on 10 July 2019 at the Australian War Memorial.
Hans Heysen's Historic House and Art Studio - SA Weekender
Hans Heysen Watercolour``masterpiece'' - ABC News
The Life and Work of Sir Hans Heysen - ABC Radio
The work of Australian Painters, 1960's - Film 1551
The art and artists of Australia in the 1970's.
Opening still film shots of different Australian landscapes; grassland and fields with trees, a hazy view of a mountain range, a stretch of desert with hill and sky in background, view from the top of a hill of an empty road, winding down with trees on either side and a shot of the sea with cliffs curving out into the horizon. Film of two parts of a city; of business/office blocks with the sea in foreground, and looking down on a view of offices in the background and tree lined roads in foreground, some moving and parked cars and a man on a bicycle are visible. Cut to a shot of several people walking around, and down the stairs of, a room in an art gallery. Move to a panned shot of two small landscape paintings by 'English trained' James Conrad Martins hanging on a wall, full frontal shot of one of them. Cut to a full- shot of a painting of gum trees, a 'European representation', close-up pan, from bottom to top, of one gum trees. Cut to a black and white caricature sketch by T.S.Gill, depicting an Australian street scene from the gold rush era of the 1850's, pan from left to right of picture. Still shots of four paintings or drawings showing Australian men at work and play. One showing three men chopping logs, the other three showing men on or with horses. Narrative information on the artists Arthur Streaten(?), Tom Roberts, Fred McCullan and the young Englishman Charles Conder(?), who lived in the open air painting landscapes. This is played over images of two women, in white dresses and hats, as they look at their paintings on a gallery wall. Full shot, zooming in slowly, on (Sir)Arthur Streaten's painting The Purple Noon's Transparent Light. Three other shots of various landscape paintings including, Red Gold by Hans Heysen(?) of South Australia, long-shot and close-up panning. Close-up shot, panning out, of a painting of a mountain range by the same artist. Cut to a panned shot, from left to right, of Hans Heysen's studio, paintings propped up against wall and on cupboards. The camera pans round to reveal the artist, 'now over 80', with bald head, wisps of white hair at the back and sides, wearing brown glasses, standing at his easel painting.
Close-up of Heysen applying paint to canvas with brush. The painting, of barren trees with a mountain in the background, is in its early stages. Cut to a head and shoulders shot of the painter mixing paint on his palette, with a finished painting visible in the background. More of these shots are repeated while the artist discusses his work and Australian landscape painting in general. Moves on to a full size, then close-up shot, of a Sidney Nolan painting of Ned Kelly, with his homemade suit of armour ('new Australian legends'). Full and close-up shots of two Russel Driesdale(?) landscape paintings. One of a twisted tree and rocks, the other of a woman standing in the foreground, with a wagon(?) and desert in the background. Cut to film of Driesdale(?) walking on desert land between two barren trees in the midground, there are trees in the background and a fallen tree in the foreground. As he walks towards the camera he discusses his work. Close-up of the artist as he picks a stone up from the desert floor. Driesdale is balding with some brown hair at the back and sides, brown glasses and checked shirt. He is aged about 55. Four more different shots of the artist walking in the landscape and of the scenery.
Various shots of five different landscape paintings, more abstract in style. Long-shot of a painting by Charles Bush; a city scape. Cut to several shots of Bush at work in his studio, he is standing at his easel with pots of paint-brushes on various tables and sketches all around him. Close-up of him mixing paint on a palette, then applying to canvas with a square piece of cardboard. Over these images the artist discusses his work and influences; Bush is about 50 with dark receding hair and brown moustache, he is wearing a shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a cravat. Cut to a short, panned shot of some scaffolding on a building site with a city-scape in the background, cut to a similar shot but of outback landscape. Two long-shots of landscape scenes, one with a white bridge at the foot of a green hill, the other of swamp/grasslands with industrial plant in the background. Over these last scenes the narrator concludes, adding that the landscape is a constant challenge to the artist.
Throughout the film, except when the three featured artists are speaking, there is a narrative explanation of the paintings shown and of the history of Australian landscape painting.
Hans & Nora Heysen: a collection conversation
Artists Hans and Nora Heysen, father and daughter, left an enduring legacy and their works and lives can be richly experienced in the National Library’s expansive archive.
National Library Treasures Curator Nat Williams, and curator, art historian and publisher Lou Klepac OAM, discuss their legacy at the Library.
Hans Heysen auction - 9 News
Made in Adelaide - meet the artist: Hans, the boy wonder from Berlin
He may have been born in Berlin (well, that's what he says) but international superstar, sex symbol and accordionist boy-wonder Hans was definitely MADE IN ADELAIDE. Arts South Australia goes behind the scenes with the sequinned cabaret star currently dazzling audiences on top-rating US TV show America’s Got Talent.
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See Hans at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe:
Discovered letters about Hans Heysen - ABC News
Heysen oil painting finds new home in NGA
The National Gallery of Australia says its latest Hans Heysen acquisition fills a big hole in its collection.