Horsemen mustering sheep amongst gum trees

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Horsemen mustering sheep amongst gum trees
1908-12
charcoal, white chalk on grey paper
Place made
near Hahndorf, South Australia
Medium
charcoal, white chalk on grey paper
Dimensions
31.8 x 40.6 cm
Credit line
Bequest of the artist 1971
Accession number
711HH1581
Media category
Drawing
Collection area
Australian drawings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams

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

     

    Certain favourite gum trees fascinated Heysen and he painted their ‘portraits’ again and again in different lights and from different angles.  The two trees in Approaching storm with bushfire haze appear in a number of previous drawings by Heysen such as this one.  When making the painting Heysen probably referred to these drawings for detailed information on the structure of the trees.

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs

  • Hans Heysen: The creative journey

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 28 August 1992 – 10 January 1993
    Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, 19 June 1993 – 1 August 1993
    Newcastle Art Gallery, 15 October 1993 – 28 November 1993
    Art Gallery of Western Australia, 12 December 1993 – 26 January 1994
    Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 17 February 1994 – 27 March 1994
    Moree Plains Art Gallery, 9 April 1994 – 22 May 1994
    Riddoch Art Gallery, 3 June 1994 – 17 July 1994