Hans Heysen (1877-1968) The Promenade, 1920
Hans Heysen (1877-1968)
The Promenade, 1920
signed and dated lower left: 'HANS HEYSEN 1920'
watercolour on paper
48.0 x 67.0cm (18 7/8 x 26 3/8in).
PROVENANCE
Collection of George Rowell, Melbourne
Christies, Melbourne, 20 August 1996, lot 116
Private collection, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Hans Heysen, Fine Art Society Gallery, Melbourne, 24 November - 8 December 1921, cat. 37
Loan Exhibition of the Works of Hans Heysen, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 March - 26 May 1935, cat. 76
An Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings by Hans Heysen -An Adelaide Festival of the Arts Exhibition, Hahndorf Gallery, South Australia, 13 - 26 March 1960, cat. 5
Historic Hahndorf - An Exhibition to Celebrate Hans Heysen's 90th Birthday, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia, 8 - 29 October 1967, cat. 6
On loan to Albury Regional Art Centre from the mid 1980s, Albury
Hans Heysen -Watercolours and Drawings, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 23 September - 23 October 1988, cat. 30
LITERATURE
Sydney Ure Smith, 'The Art of Hans Heysen', Art in Australia (Special Issue), Angus and Robertson Sydney, pl. XXIX (illus.)
'In her memoirs of life at The Cedars, the Heysen home, Sue Heysen recalls the inspiration for the turkey pictures, of which The Promenade is, along with Josephine and her Bronzewings, 1918, and Bronzewings and Saplings, 1921 (now in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia), the most famous.
'There was a full-length glass pane in the old laundry doorway. Heysen used to watch the turkeys come along to the door, see their own reflection and start preening themselves. They strutted about and fluffed up their feathers. Heysen saw his opportunity, took his pencils and paper and sat inside the laundry drawing birds while they admired their handsome reflections from the outside.'
An oil painting of the same name, dating from 1953 and drawing substantially on the content of this work, is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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Hans Heysen (1877-1968)
The Promenade, 1920
signed and dated lower left: 'HANS HEYSEN 1920'
watercolour on paper
48.0 x 67.0cm (18 7/8 x 26 3/8in).
PROVENANCE
Collection of George Rowell, Melbourne
Christies, Melbourne, 20 August 1996, lot 116
Private collection, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Hans Heysen, Fine Art Society Gallery, Melbourne, 24 November - 8 December 1921, cat. 37
Loan Exhibition of the Works of Hans Heysen, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 March - 26 May 1935, cat. 76
An Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings by Hans Heysen -An Adelaide Festival of the Arts Exhibition, Hahndorf Gallery, South Australia, 13 - 26 March 1960, cat. 5
Historic Hahndorf - An Exhibition to Celebrate Hans Heysen's 90th Birthday, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia, 8 - 29 October 1967, cat. 6
On loan to Albury Regional Art Centre from the mid 1980s, Albury
Hans Heysen -Watercolours and Drawings, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 23 September - 23 October 1988, cat. 30
LITERATURE
Sydney Ure Smith, 'The Art of Hans Heysen', Art in Australia (Special Issue), Angus and Robertson Sydney, pl. XXIX (illus.)
'In her memoirs of life at The Cedars, the Heysen home, Sue Heysen recalls the inspiration for the turkey pictures, of which The Promenade is, along with Josephine and her Bronzewings, 1918, and Bronzewings and Saplings, 1921 (now in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia), the most famous.
'There was a full-length glass pane in the old laundry doorway. Heysen used to watch the turkeys come along to the door, see their own reflection and start preening themselves. They strutted about and fluffed up their feathers. Heysen saw his opportunity, took his pencils and paper and sat inside the laundry drawing birds while they admired their handsome reflections from the outside.'
An oil painting of the same name, dating from 1953 and drawing substantially on the content of this work, is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
