A comprehensive and personal documentary about the life of one the most renowned painters of the Australian landscape, Hans Heysen. The program centers around interviews with his surviving children, including the Archibald Prize winning artist Nora Heysen, and focuses on the regions around Hahndorf, South Australia, and the Flinders Ranges where his painting was most prolific. It provides a reflective portrayal of his artistry, his concern for the Australian environment, his wide network of supporters and friends, and his influence on others intertwined with a sensitive study of his personal history.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314807
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interviews
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Flinders Ranges (S. Aust.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Germans - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → South Australia
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art museums
Crafts & Visual Arts → Heysen, Hans, Sir, 1877-1968
Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Germans - Australia
History → South Australia - History
People → Heysen, Hans, Sir, 1877-1968
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)