Study of Approaching storm with bushfire haze

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Study of Approaching storm with bushfire haze
1913
charcoal, white chalk, grey wash on grey paper mounted on cardboard
Place made
Hahndorf, South Australia
Medium
charcoal, white chalk, grey wash on grey paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
65.7 x 87.0 cm (cardboard)
Credit line
Gift of the artist 1963
Accession number
631D1
Signature and date
Signed and dated l.l. "HANS HEYSEN 1913".
Media category
Drawing
Collection area
Australian drawings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen

  • WALL LABEL: Hans Heysen: The Creative Journey, 1992

     

    This finished compositional drawing is almost certainly a study made after the painting Approaching storm with bushfire haze, in preparation for his proposed larger canvas.  Usually, Heysen’s paintings are more resolved than their respective compositional drawings.  In this instance the drawing is more resolved and shows no evidence of struggle.

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs

  • Hans Heysen: The creative journey

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 28 August 1992 – 10 January 1993
    Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, 19 June 1993 – 1 August 1993
    Newcastle Art Gallery, 15 October 1993 – 28 November 1993
    Art Gallery of Western Australia, 12 December 1993 – 26 January 1994
    Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 17 February 1994 – 27 March 1994
    Moree Plains Art Gallery, 9 April 1994 – 22 May 1994
    Riddoch Art Gallery, 3 June 1994 – 17 July 1994

  • Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art

    National Gallery of Victoria, 22 March 2019 – 22 July 2019