The wet road

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

The wet road
1894
watercolour on paper
Place made
Norwood, South Australia
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 33.7 cm
44.0 x 59.5 x 4.0 cm (frame)
Credit line
Gift of Sir James McGregor 1959
Accession number
0.1826
Signature and date
Signed l.r "H" ("H" enclosed in circle).
Media category
Watercolour
Collection area
Australian paintings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen

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

     

    This is probably Heysen’s earliest watercolour, painted at the age of sixteen.  It was influenced by the treatment of light in the Scottish landscape Rising Mists by British artist, Peter Graham.  Heysen would have seen this painting in late 1894 at the Art Gallery of South Australia, where it was on loan from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

     

    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

  • 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