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Albert Namatjira
Australian painter (1902–1959)
Albert Namatjira (pronounced[namacɪra]; 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. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, he was arguably one of the most famous Indigenous Australians of his generation. He was the first Aboriginal artist to receive popularity from a wide Australian audience.[1]
A member of the Western Arrernte people, Namatjira was born and raised at the remote Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission, 126 km west-southwest from Alice Springs. He showed interest in art from an early age but it was not until 1934 (aged 32) and under the guidance of Rex Battarbee that he began to paint seriously. Namatjira's richly detailed, Western art-influenced watercolours of the outback departed significantly from the abstract designs and symbols of tra
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- Nearly 50 years after his death, Namatjira remains the best-known of Australian Aboriginal painters.
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- Albert Namatjira (born July 28, , Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia—died August 8, , Alice Springs) was an Australian Aboriginal painter noted for his watercolour landscapes of desert-like central Australia.