Hans
HEYSEN
Germany
1877
–
Australia
1968
Australia from 1884; Europe, England 1899-1903
The hill of the creeping shadow
1929
oil on canvas
Frame
88.8 (h)
x 114.3 (w)
x 8.2 (d)
cm
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales - Purchased 1929
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'Simplicity is an essential quality, and is to be found in all good Art, but it must be the outcome of long practice, observation, and knowledge … Only experience can tell the artist how much, or how little to put on to paper or canvas.'[1]
[1] Hans Heysen, quoted in Thiele, p 224