Man sewing seeds

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Man sewing seeds
1892-1968
pastel on paper
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
30.0 x 20.4 cm
Credit line
Bequest of the artist 1971
Accession number
711HH196
Signature and date
Not signed. Not dated.
Media category
Drawing
Collection area
Australian paintings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams

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

     

    This pastel study is based on an oil sketch by British artist Claude A. Shepperson which was illustrated in The Studio magazine in 1904. Heysen later made numerous studies of rural workers and their animals.

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs