Yappala Range

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Yappala Range
1928-68
oil, pencil on canvas
Place made
Hahndorf, South Australia
Medium
oil, pencil on canvas
Dimensions
46.0 x 66.2 cm
Credit line
Bequest of the artist 1971
Accession number
711HH2
Signature and date
Not signed. Not dated (?)
Media category
Painting
Collection area
Australian paintings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen

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

     

    This unfinished work reveals Heysen’s method of beginning his oil paintings.  The canvas has a light pencil grid on it, which assisted him to draw the outlines of the forms in pencil.  Then the tones were layed in using brown oil paint diluted with mineral turpentine.  In its unfinished state it has the fresh, bold feeling of a wash drawing.

     

    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