Study for Patawarta, Land of the Oratunga

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Study for Patawarta, Land of the Oratunga
1928-29
pencil on cardboard
Place made
Hahndorf, South Australia
Medium
pencil on cardboard
Dimensions
19.9 x 26.5 cm (irreg.)
Credit line
Bequest of the artist 1971
Accession number
711HH1085
Signature and date
Not signed. Not dated.
Media category
Drawing
Collection area
Australian drawings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams

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

     

    This is one of Heysen’s compositional studies leading to the 1929 oil painting Patawarta, Land of the Oratunga.  It would have been worked up in the studio from drawings made on location in the Flinders Ranges, like those shown in this exhibition.  By this stage of his career Heysen often created his finished oils and watercolours from less detailed compositional studies than he had used earlier in his career.

     

    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