The Cedars

The Cedars is the historic home, studio and garden of renowned German-born Australian artist Sir Hans Heysen (1877-1968) at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Built in 1912, the property served as Heysen's family residence and working studio until 1968. Now a heritage-listed house museum, it preserves original furnishings, artworks, studio materials and landscaped gardens, offering insight into Heysen's life and Australian landscape painting.

Visitors access The Cedars by guided tour only, exploring the preserved Federation-era house, the original 1912 studio with artist materials and paintings, and surrounding gardens with large cedar trees, plantings and views over the Adelaide Hills. The experience includes furnished interiors, Heysen family collections, art displays, and garden walks. Tours are led by guides explaining the artist's life and work. A small shop and parking are available on site.

Built in 1912 as the family home and studio of Sir Hans Heysen (1877-1968), one of Australia's most celebrated landscape artists. Heysen lived and worked at The Cedars from 1912 until his death in 1968, producing major works depicting the Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges. The property is State Heritage listed and retains original studio, house interiors and collections illustrating early 20th-century artistic life in South Australia.

Significant as the preserved home and workplace of Sir Hans Heysen, reflecting Australian art history and the cultural heritage of Hahndorf, Australia's oldest surviving German settlement. The site demonstrates the artist's contribution to Australian landscape painting and maintains cultural connections to the Heysen family and Adelaide Hills arts community.