The Toilers

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

The Toilers
1920
watercolour on paper
Place made
Hahndorf, South Australia
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
40.4 x 51.8 cm
Credit line
Bequest of the artist 1969
Accession number
696P29
Signature and date
Signed and dated l.r and l.l. "Hans Heysen 1920" (?)
Media category
Watercolour
Collection area
Australian paintings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen

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

     

    The Toilers was the climax of Heysen’s series of men and horses working the land and it won him his fourth Wynne Prize in 1920.  In this scene bathed in autumn light, he has portrayed a moment of calm and relative inactivity, and has reduced the composition to its essentials.

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs

  • Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art

    National Gallery of Victoria, 22 March 2019 – 22 July 2019
  • [Book] Hylton, Jane, Neylon, John. Hans Heysen Into the light.
  • [Book] Andrews, Rebecca. Hans Heysen.
  • [Book] Klepac, Lou. Hans Heysen.
  • [Thesis] Body, Ralph. 2019. “Behind the scenes: Hans Heysen's art world networks.” M.A.
  • [Thesis] Souliman, Victoria. n.d. “The remoteness that pains us: National identity, expatriatism and women’s agency in the artistic.” University of Sydney.
    Complimentary copy to come.