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Nora Heysen
'This peaceful spot'
Portrait story
Australian artist, Nora Heysen, discusses her childhood and the development of her career.
Nora Heysen AM
Biography
Nora Heysen, AM (1911-2003), fourth child of South Australian landscape painter Sir Hans Heysen, grew up in Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills.
9 portraits in the collection
Nora Heysen
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Self portrait, 1934
Nora Heysen AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 1999
Nora Heysen inside her home, Hunters Hill, Sydney, 2000
Sage
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Nora Heysen with her dog sitting outside her home, Hunters Hill, Sydney, 2000
Sage
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Nora Heysen with her dog standing outside her home, Hunters Hill, Sydney, 2000
Sage
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Nora Heysen, 1995
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Cobley, 1944
Nora Heysen AM
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Hardtmuth 'Hottie' Lahm, 1973
Nora Heysen AM
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of June Lahm 2015
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
H. B. Gullett, c. 1939
Nora Heysen AM
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family in memory of Penne Hackforth-Jones 2014
Robert H. Black MD, c. 1950
Nora Heysen AM
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The considered life
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2010
Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.
Give me five
Magazine article by Karen Quinlan AM, 2021
National Portrait Gallery director Karen Quinlan AM nominates her quintet of favourites from the collection, with early twentieth-century ‘selfies’ filling the roster.
Sir Hans Heysen OBE
Biography
Sir Hans Heysen OBE (1877–1968), one of Australia's best known landscape painters, arrived in Adelaide from his native Germany as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
Hans Heysen
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1960