Nosepeg Tjupurrula b. c.1915

Also known as Nosepeg Tjunkata Tjupurrula, Jungkata Nosepeg Tjupurrula
  • Artist (Painter)
Nosepeg began painting at the beginning of the art movement in Papunya. A consummate politician and a senior elder in his community he was a driving force in the outstation movement from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Name
Nosepeg Tjupurrula
Also known as:
  • Nosepeg Tjunkata Tjupurrula
  • Jungkata Nosepeg Tjupurrula
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Army (ANZSIC code: 7600) (Army enlisted in the Army during World War II along with Charlie Tarawa)
Birth date
c.1915
Birth note
south of Lake Macdonald
Death date
1993
Residence
  • Papunya, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Grass Seed
  • Bush Tobacco
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Wenampa
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT