Nora Heysen: career timeline

Australian · 1911–2003 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 53 lots (73% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Nora Heysen: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	2	1	$19.4kSign up	Watercolor
1930s	8	8	$27.8kSign up	Oil
1940s	7	6	$22.4kSign up	Oil
1950s	8	8	$11.5kSign up	Oil
1960s	2	2	$10.3kSign up	Oil
1970s	3	3	$6.3kSign up	Oil
1980s	3	3	$8.5kSign up	Oil
1990s	4	4	$4.6kSign up	Pastel

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $19.4kSign up
Average: $19.4kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 17 in (42 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

1927 Still Life 1927$19.4kSign up · sold 2×
1929 (Still Life) 1929Unsold

1930s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $27.8kSign up
Average: $35.2kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 15 in (47 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Drawing (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Cattle & animals (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1930 Study of Trees$500Sign up
1930 Resting Cow$510Sign up
1931 A Study 1931$45.4kSign up
1932 Zinnias and Fruit 1932$44.9kSign up
1933 Portrait of Geoffrey Dutton$10.7kSign up
1934 Female Standing Nude$2.3kSign up
1934 Interior with Josephine, London 1934$67.8kSign up
1935 Interior (1935, dated 1938)$109kSign up

1940s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $22.4kSign up
Average: $24.1kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 15.5 in (45 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (4), Boats (1)

c. 1940 COTTAGE BUNCH (1940s)Unsold
c. 1944 THE FLOWER SHIP 1944-1945$48.4kSign up
1946 Floral Still Life$6.2kSign up
1947 Still Life, Spring Bunch$15.2kSign up
1948 Flowers in Glass c1948$11.7kSign up
1949 Camellias 1949$29.6kSign up
1949 Spring Flowers 1949$33.7kSign up

1950s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $11.5kSign up
Average: $10kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 17 in (43 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (4), Figures & portraits (1), Sea & coast (1)

1950 Spring Flowers$16.8kSign up
1950 Still Life c1950$12kSign up
1951 Tomatoes$12kSign up
1953 Summer Fruit and Flowers 1953$17.9kSign up · sold 2×
1953 Bowl of Pink Roses 1953$8.1kSign up
1954 Portrait$971Sign up
1955 Sea Shells with Spring Flowers$10.9kSign up
1957 Nude$1.4kSign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $10.3kSign up
Average: $10.3kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 19 in (49 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

1960 Spring Flowers$13.5kSign up
1963 (Still Life - Camellias)$7.1kSign up

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $6.3kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 15 in (48 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1974 In the Green Room$7kSign up
1976 Male Portrait (Gordon Clarke)$398Sign up
1977 The Old Chalet Kitchen 1977$6.3kSign up

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $8.5kSign up
Average: $13.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 18.5 in (45 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1990s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $4.6kSign up
Average: $5.4kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 20.5 in (39 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

1990 Pears 1990$6.4kSign up
1991 Still Life with Flowers and Shell 1991$11.9kSign up
1997 Still Life with Apples and Pears$2.8kSign up
1999 Apples$346Sign up

Creation date not recorded

14 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 3 of 6
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (5), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2014 (Still Life of Roses in a Basket)Unsold
sold 2015 (Still Life of Roses in a Basket)Unsold
sold 2015 Spring FlowersUnsold
sold 2018 A Rose$2.2kSign up
sold 2018 A Few Roses$5.5kSign up
sold 2019 Study of a Woman - Three-quarter Profile$816Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $490Sign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 13.5 in (35 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Oil (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (2)

sold 2020 The Red Vase$6.1kSign up
sold 2020 Figure Studies, Male Model$411Sign up
sold 2021 Still Life$17.5kSign up
sold 2022 Female Nude$655Sign up
sold 2024 Two Figure Studies (double-sided)$315Sign up
sold 2024 Mother and Child$332Sign up

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sold 2025 Interior with Woman Reading$490Sign up
sold 2025 Still Life of Roses in a BasketUnsold

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Nora Heysen auction results →