Nora Heysen: Forever Drawing

June 4 - July 26, 2022

Opening launch event Saturday June 4 at 2pm

with guest opening speaker Christopher Orchard - Artist and teacher

Nora Heysen was a trailblazer in Australian art in the 20th century. Heysen was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize and the first female Australian war artist. Her work is held in major public and regional galleries, and many private collections, around Australia.

Nora Heysen is one of the most notable Australians to call the Adelaide Hills her home. She was born in 1911 in Billygoat Lane, Hahndorf and grew up at the Heysen family home at The Cedars. Nora drew from her early childhood years until the end of her life in 2003.

From June 4, 2022 the Hahndorf Academy is privileged to display an exhibition of specially selected Nora Heysen drawings in various media. Subjects include intimate family portraits, self-portraits, commissioned works and studies of the nude figure, together with still lifes, landscapes and animals. Significant series feature portraits of Pacific Islander peoples, drawings from Nora Heysen’s commissioned war work, and studies of the Hahndorf girl “Ruth”.

Nora Heysen’s art is also displayed in her studio at The Cedars.

https://www.hansheysen.com.au/nora-heysen-2/