• The Cedars

    Visit the historic home of one of Australia's most noted landscape artists, Sir Hans Heysen, one of the country’s most intact and best preserved historic homes. You can also see where he worked, Australia’s oldest artist’s studio and also the studio of his daughter Nora Heysen, the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture as well as the country’s first female war artist. 

The Cedars is the historic home of one of Australia’s most noted landscape artists, Sir Hans Heysen. It is one of the country’s most intact and best preserved historic homes.

Hans purchased the 1870s colonial style villa in 1912 and lived here with his wife Sallie and their family of eight children, including his artist daughter Nora.  She was the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture as well as the country’s first female war artist. The house has changed little since the 1920s and is decorated in the Federation ‘Arts and Crafts’ style.  Hans Heysen’s studio is Australia’s oldest artist’s studio.

Visitors may choose to tour the studios of Hans and Nora Heysen at any time in open hours without a guide. The house may only be visited as part of a guided tour.

Some 200 original works of art can be seen in changing displays in the studios and the house. One can also spend time in the charming cottage garden or wander along the Artist’s Walk and discover some of Heysen’s favourite painting sites. Heysen’s car, a Ford Model A and caravan, which he used for his painting trips to the Flinders Ranges etc is also on display.

Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4.30pm
Open on Public Holiday Mondays
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day & Good Friday

Allan Campbell, Curator
08 8388 7277
contactus@hansheysen.org.au

The Cedars

Visit the historic home of one of Australia's most noted landscape artists, Sir Hans Heysen, one of the country’s most intact and best preserved historic homes. You can also see where he worked, Australia’s oldest artist’s studio and also the studio of his daughter Nora Heysen, the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture as well as the country’s first female war artist.