Rex Battarbee b. 1893

Also known as Reginald Ernest Battarbee
  • Artist (Painter)
An early advocate of indigenous art, Rex Battarbee represented Arrernte artists in his Alice Springs home, which he later turned into the Tmara-Mara Gallery.
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painter, made a second visit to Central Australia with his friend John Gardner in 1934 and they were invited to show their art at Hermannsburg Mission. In 1945 Battarbee set up a gallery, the Tmara-Mara Gallery, in his Alice Springs home to sell the work of the Arrernte (Hermannsburg Aboriginal) artists.

Battarbee died in the Old Timers Home, Alice Springs.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011