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South Australian artist Hans Heysen didn't paint the Flinders Ranges until he was 50

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An oil painting of sheep and a drover walking through tall gum trees.
Hans Heysen's Droving into the light (1914-21).(Supplied: C Heyson/Art Gallery of Western Australia)

If you picture a Hans Heysen painting, you might expect some gum trees, maybe a flock of sheep or even a drover.

But some of the iconic staples of his work came late in his career, when he finally travelled to the Flinders Ranges.

Art Gallery of South Australia assistant director Lisa Slade tells David Bevan how WW1 triggered a shift in Heysen's art.

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