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Albert Namatjira (pronounced; born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists.
Feb 13, 2024 · The story of Albert Namatjira is possibly the most widely known of any Australian artist. In One short lifetime his story encapsulated the experience of Aboriginal ambition, Aboriginal excellence and Aboriginal adaptation to a new world while met equally with the experiences of Aboriginal disempowerment and Aboriginal disadvantage.
Albert Namatjira (born July 28, 1902, Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia—died August 8, 1959, Alice Springs) was an Australian Aboriginal painter noted for his watercolour landscapes of desert-like central Australia.
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Albert Namatjira (born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Aboriginal artist from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, he was the most famous Indigenous Australian of his generation.
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- August 8, 1959
Although not the first Aboriginal artist to work in a European style, Albert Namatjira is certainly the most famous. Ghost gums with luminous white trunks, palm-filled gorges and red mountain ranges turning purple at dusk are the hallmarks of the Hermannsburg school.
May 28, 2020 · Johnny Milner looks at influential Arrernte artist, Albert Namatjira and how he used his art as a vehicle for political reform.
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Jul 15, 2017 · This is the traditional Country of Western Arrarnta artist Albert Namatjira, who translated the ancient beauty of this desert landscape through his tin box of watercolour paints.
