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

'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