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Abadjura, , b. 1904
Bark paintings and carvings by Abadjura were collected by the Art Gallery of Western Australia in the 1960s.
Aikin, Hamilton, b. 1904
English male photographer, film-maker, editor and Presbyterian priest who went outback for Outreach, a Church journal, documenting indigenous cultures and mission activity.
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Fairweather, Ian, b. 1891
The Scottish born artist Ian Fairweather travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and China before finally building a thatched hut on Bribie Island off the ...
Gansser, Luca, b. 1945
Born Bogata, Columbia, Gansser is from Lugarno, Switzerland. Gansser has exhibited extensively around the world since 1970. He is the ultimate nomad, travelling extensively, imparting ...
Mackinolty, Chips, b. 1954
Jagamara, Malcolm, b. 1955
A Warlpiri artist, Jagamarra was first a successful footballer in Adelaide before returning to Willowra (NT) in 1976 and embarking on his Aboriginal education, which ...
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Murch, Arthur James, b. 1902
Painter and sculptor, assistant to George Lambert, and in World War II the War artist who captured images of the bombed city of Darwin. Later ...
Patrick, Freddy Jangala, b. 1930
An excellent carver, Freddy Patick was one of the first to start painting in Lajamanu. Married to fellow artist Myra Nungarrayi Patrick, Freddy painted a ...
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Puruntatameri, Eddie, b. 1948
Eddie Puruntatameri was Australia's first Indigenous studio potter. After studying at Bagot pottery he returned home to Bathurst Island where he established Tiwi in 1972. ...
Battarbee, Rex, b. 1893
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.
Schmeisser, Jörg, b. 1942
Jörg Schmeisser, etcher, is thought to have taught print making to Albert Namatjira Jnr while visiting Arnhem Land in 1976 and to Narratjin Maymuru and ...
Stockman, Billy, b. 1927
One of the founders of the Papunya Tula painting movement, company Chairman, Aboriginal Arts Board member and Central Australian delegate to the N.A.C.in the 1970s. ...
Phillipus, Long Jack Tjakamarra, b. 1932
Long Jack Phillipus was a founding member of Papunya Tula Artists and its longest serving artist. He took out the NT Golden Jubilee Art Award ...
Tjakamarra, Anatjari, b. 1935
A member of the original group of "painting men" at Papunya at the beginning of the 1970s. After almost a decade spent on his Tjukurla ...
Tjakamarra, Jacky, b. 1945
After spending time in Papunya during the initial years of the acrylic painting movement, he lived in Warakurna for many years before moving back to ...
Tjakamarra, Joe
Luritja artist who lived at Mt Liebig (NT) and occasionally painted for Papunya Tula.
Tjakamarra, John, b. 1935
A member of one of Pintupi groups who arrived in Papunya from the desert in the early 1960s, he painted with a core group of ...
Nolan, Dinny Tjampitjinpa, b. 1930
Joined Papunya painting group in the mid 1970s with encouragement from his cousins Billy Stockman and Clifford Possum and his 'brother' Kaapa Tjampitjinpa. He went ...
Tjampitjinpa, Anatjari, b. 1927
A pioneering painter with Papunya Tula Artists, and influential in the spread of painting to Balgo WA. His work featured in landmark exhibitions, such as ...
Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa, b. 1925
Anmatyerre/Arrente artist who was the principal painter of the Papunya school mural and a key player in the establishment of Papunya Tula Artists, being the ...