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hans heysen
31 July – 24 october 2010 | qag
hans heysen was one of those rare
artists who changed the way we view
the australian landscape. in addition
to his iconic ‘gum tree’ paintings,
this exhibition, curated and toured
by the art gallery of south australia,
explored some of heysen’s lesser-
known themes.
featuring over 70 works from his early
student days painting in europe to
the barren landscapes and ancient
mountain forms of the flinders
ranges, this was a major retrospective
by one of australia’s greatest artists,
and audiences loved it — gallery
attendance figures reached 159 980
during the exhibition period.
‘hans heysen’ was an art gallery of south
australia travelling exhibition.
over the 86-day season of ‘hans heysen’, the
average attendance to the queensland art gallery
was 1860 per day.