Hans HEYSEN
Germany 1877 – Australia 1968
Australia from 1884; Europe, England 1899-1903

Foothills of the Flinders 1929
oil on canvas
61.0 (h) x 91.4 (w) cm
Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1939, Art Gallery of South Australia

Heysen had a particularly high regard for his oil painting Foothills of the Flinders 1929, describing it as ‘the best of the Northern pictures’. This comment is typical of the artist’s remarks on a recently painted work, but it also reflects his preference among a group of his paintings. In saying this he was recommending it for purchase by the Art Gallery of South Australia.[1]

[1] Ian North, Hans Heysen centenary retrospective, 1877–1977, Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 1977, p 61