Person
Heysen, Wilhelm Ernst Hans (Hans) (1877 - 1968)
Sir
- Born
- 8 October 1877
Hamburg, Germany - Died
- 2 July 1968
Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Artist
Summary
Hans Heysen, a German-Australian artist, was recognised for his watercolours of the Australian bush. A conservationist, he fought to preserve the flora of the Adelaide Hills, particularly the great red gums and white gums, and repeatedly warned of the dangers of destroying the natural environment. He also recorded the human activities of the region in great detail.
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Book Sections
- Thiele, Colin, 'Heysen, Sir Wilhelm Ernst Hans (1877-1968)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983). http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/heysen-sir-wilhelm-ernst-hans-6657. Details
Edited Books
- North, Ian; Carroll, Alison, and Tregenza, John eds, Hans Heysen centenary retrospective, 1877-1977 (Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 1977), 128 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q330420. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/30595716. Details
- 'Heysen, Hans (18771008-19680702)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-575874. Details
See also
- Sheppard, H. et al., Eucalypts, Australian Government, 2007, http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eucalypts. Details
Christine Moje
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