12-698: Heysen may refer to: People [ edit ] Hans Heysen , South Australian landscape artist Nora Heysen , South Australian artist, daughter of Hans Other [ edit ] Heysen Trail , a long-distance walking trail in South Australia Heysen Tunnels , a pair of road tunnels in South Australia Electoral district of Heysen , an electorate in South Australia Topics referred to by
24-689: A background of atmospheric light. He also won acclaim for his groundbreaking depictions of arid landscapes in the Flinders Ranges . He won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times. Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in Hamburg , Germany. He migrated to Adelaide in South Australia with his family in 1884 at the age of 7. As a young boy Heysen showed an early interest in art. At 14 he left school to work with
36-764: A hardware merchant, later taking night classes at the Academy of Arts in Victoria Buildings, Victoria Square, under James Ashton . He joined the Adelaide Easel Club in 1897 and was immediately recognised as a rising talent. At age 20 he was sponsored by a group of wealthy Adelaide art enthusiasts E. S. Wigg , H. H. Wigg and brothers-in-law W. L. Davidson, F. A. Joyner, and miner Charles Henry de Rose, to study art for four years in France. By 1912 Hans Heysen had earned enough from his art to purchase
48-553: A property called "The Cedars" 35°00′46″S 138°48′21″E / 35.0127°S 138.8057°E / -35.0127; 138.8057 near Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills , which was his home until his death in 1968 aged 90. "The Cedars", named for its massive Himalayan cedars , has changed little since the 1920s. It remains the property of the Heysen family, but most areas, including Hans's and Nora's studios, are open to
60-477: A year worked as a labourer for Seppelt's son Bruno who was experimenting with tobacco and other crops at Seppeltsfield . He next worked as cigarmaker for retailers Gerke & Rodemann (founded 1849) of 42 Rundle Street, Adelaide. In the early 1850s he joined the exodus of South Australian men to the Victorian goldfields and after his return opened a tobacconist's shop on his own account on Rundle Street, near
72-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hans Heysen Sir Hans Heysen OBE (8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968) was an Australian artist. One of Australia's best known landscape painters, Heysen became a household name during his lifetime for his watercolours and oil paintings of the Australian bush , in particular men and animals toiling among monumental gum trees against
84-520: The Wynne Prize nine times, for the following works: Adolph H. F. Bartels Adolph Heinrich Friedrich Bartels (29 July 1819 – 9 November 1878) was a German-born Australian politician. He was Mayor of Adelaide 1871–1873. Bartels was born in Gilten, Hannover . He grew up in humble circumstances, and trained as a cigarmaker in Hamburg . In Breslau he met Joseph Ernst Seppelt , with whom he travelled to Adelaide via Melbourne around 1845, and for
96-475: The York hotel. In 1854 Ludwig Uhlendorf, the licensee of the "King of Hanover" hotel, also on Rundle Street, died. The following year Bartels married his widow; they would have four or five children, of whom only one survived to adulthood. In 1856 he took over the hotel's licence, which he maintained until 1865, when he joined in partnership with G. H. C. Meyers as general agents and grain merchants, with which he
108-534: The following year. Bartels was characterised as a man who never spoke unless he had something useful to say. He was diligent in attending to his duties and showed sound business sense in his personal and public life. He died in Adelaide from liver cancer at the age of 58. Bartels Road, the continuation of Pirie Street through Adelaide's East Parklands, and part of the Adelaide Street Circuit
120-419: The public 10:00 to 16:30 Tuesday to Sunday, and holiday Mondays, except Christmas Day; guided tours 11:00 and 14:00. Heysen married Selma "Sallie" Bartels (1878–1962) on 15 December 1904. Her father was Adolph H. F. Bartels , a former Mayor of Adelaide . Their children were Josephine, Freya, Lilian, Nora, David, Deirdre, Michael, and Stefan. Daughter Nora Heysen also became a successful artist. Heysen won
132-408: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Heysen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heysen&oldid=993124611 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732801695161144-706: Was involved until the day he died. His wife died in 1862, the date suggesting complications attending childbirth. A year later he married Anna Weidenbach, of Glen Osmond , who would survive him with six children. In December 1866, Bartels was elected to the Adelaide City Council as councillor for the Hindmarsh Ward, and served for four years, then after a year's absence from the Council was in December 1871, elected Mayor, and re-elected unopposed
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