Hans
HEYSEN
Germany
1877
–
Australia
1968
Australia from 1884; Europe, England 1899-1903
Travellers
1918-23
watercolour on paper
56.0 (h)
x 77.5 (w)
cm
Tamworth Regional Gallery
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Heysen was aware of the power of nature, and the nightmare of drought. Travellers 1918–23 is just one of several images that he depicted showing emaciated sheep wandering on a bleak dusty road during a drought, and conjures up the stifling heat and the smell of the dry dusty air.