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HANS HEYSEN 1877-1968   Born in Germany on october 8 1877 Hans Heysen came to Australia at the age of 6. He studied art at the Norwood Art School in Adelaide with Julian Ashcroft and overseas in Italy, Britain, Holland and France at the Academie Julian, Academeie Calarossi and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Returning to Australia he lived at Hahndorf outside Adeliade and became renowned for his watercolor and charcoal portrayals of the Australian bush. Awards won included the Wynne Prize nine times between 1904 and 193. Knighted for services to Australian Art in 1959 he died in Mount Barker South Australia on 2 july 1968 Notable Paintings include: The Land of the Oratunga - Art Gallery of SA PICTURESTORE.COM.AU PICTURESTORE has a good selection of Australian Fine Art, however I am unable to link directly to the following prints - to go to prints click on the PICTURESTORE logo above, and put the artists name into the search box at the top LH corner of their site Moving into the Light Hans Heysen BOOKS AMAZON.COM in USA * THE ART BOOK an alphabetical reference guide to 500 of the world's greatest painters and sculptors from antiquity to the present day. published by Phaidon AMAZON.COM in USA AMAZON.CO.UK in UK AMAZON.COM Books at AMAZON.COM - in USA Books at AMAZON.CO.UK - in UK Books at AMAZON.CA in Canada Our online ART STORE SEARCH THE WEB-ARTS SITE G/w  AMAZON.COM - in USA WEB-ARTS - WEB-SHOPPING - WEB-ENTERTAINMENT - WEB-EDUCATION - WEB-MUSIC ART MENU ART STYLES & PERIODS ART GALLERIES  return to ALL THE ARTISTS ON THIS SITE return to AUSTRALIAN ART