Hills of Rapid Bay

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Hills of Rapid Bay
1957
watercolour on paper
Place made
Rapid Bay, South Australia
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 67.2 cm
Credit line
Purchased Maude Vizard-Wholohan Bequest Fund 1957
Accession number
0.1716
Signature and date
Signed and dated "Hans Heysen 1957". (?)
Media category
Watercolour
Collection area
Australian paintings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams

  • WALL LABEL: Hans Heysen: The Creative Journey, 1992

     

    Around 1938 to 1942 Heysen made a number of drawings and finished works of Rapid Bay, about 100 kilometres south of Adelaide on the coast.  This prize-winning watercolour is based on earlier drawings similar to those shown here.

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs

  • [Book] Hylton, Jane, Neylon, John. Hans Heysen Into the light.