Heysen painted this still life, Summer Flowers, in 1933. (Supplied: Wakefield Press)As a war artist, Heysen's brief was to paint female officers and women at work. She was posted to document ...

Nora Heysen’s significance as an official war artist meant that she was a dominant figure in the Australian War Memorial’s 1994 exhibition of women war artists.

But Heysen continued to do things equally as well, in 1943 becoming the first female war correspondent. The appointment took her to New Guinea, Lae, Finchhafen, Morotai and Borneo.

When Nora Heysen became the first woman to win the Archibald Prize in 1938, The Australian Women’s Weekly celebrated by photographing her in her kitchen and asking for her favourite recipes ...

In this short video, we explore the history of Nora Heysen, the Australian artist who was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize. Heysen was a pioneering artist who fought discrimination and ...

Gain insight into the auction performance of Heysen Nora . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the artwork ...