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Hans Heysen: Into the Light is the fourth book in a series featuring artists represented in the collection of Carrick Hill, Adelaide. Hans Heysen is one of Australia's greatest landscape painters and best-known artists. His work is collected in galleries and museums throughout the world. Hans Heysen: Into the Light is a study of the artist's watercolours, an aspect of his oeuvre much loved by the general public, scholars and fellow artists. This book discusses the progress of his career through his watercolours and also explores his watercolour technique. It includes a short biography of the artist.

Nora Heysen grew up at The Cedars near the Adelaide Hills town of Hahndorf, and was deeply influenced by her father, Hans Heysen. Nora Heysen: Light and life explores a notable career spanning seven decades, during which the artist painted some of Australia's most outstanding self-portraits, became the country's first female war artist, and was the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize.

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