Nora Heysen, Mme Elink Schuurman

Nora Heysen

Australian · 1911–2003 · Painter

Nora Heysen, was an Australian artist, the first woman to win the Archibald Prize in 1938 for portraiture and the first Australian woman appointed as an official war artist. (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. Nora Heysen, Interior (1935, dated 1938), 1935, oil on canvasInterior (1935, dated 1938)Smith & Singer · A$146,400≈ $109,377≈ £84,585≈ €100,171Sign up to see
  2. Nora Heysen, Interior with Josephine, London 1934, 1934, oil on canvas on boardInterior with Josephine, London 1934Menzies · A$92,045≈ $67,830≈ £52,769≈ €62,458Sign up to see
  3. Nora Heysen, THE FLOWER SHIP 1944-1945, 1944-1945, oil on canvasTHE FLOWER SHIP 1944-1945Smith & Singer · A$48,800≈ $48,416≈ £31,644≈ €37,309Sign up to see

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Nora Heysen, was an Australian artist, the first woman to win the Archibald Prize in 1938 for portraiture and the first Australian woman appointed as an official war artist.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1911, HahndorfDied 2003, SydneyOccupation PainterWikidata Q3878307 ↗Museum works 2

Works in museum collections

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Nora Heysen, Mme Elink Schuurman
Mme Elink Schuurman1938
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Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Nora Heysen, AAMWS (Private Gwynneth Patterson)
AAMWS (Private Gwynneth Patterson)1944
Australian War Memorial ↗
CC0 · Nora Heysen, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Australian War Memorial

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