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How do I paint like Albert Namatjira?
Namatjira would fill his brush with colour and return again and again to different areas of the composition with variant washes before moving to the next colour. This technique enabled him to hold all the elements of his composition in balance.
Who is Namatjira?
Namatjira, Albert (1902 – 1959 ) Albert Namatjira was the first indigenous artist to paint and exhibit professionally in Western style. He painted his country and was both prodigious and successful, producing approximately two thousand pictures and founding a school of painting that continues today.
How many paintings did Albert Namatjira sell?
On his return to the Mission, Albert was greatly encouraged by the news that he had sold six paintings.
What did Albert Namatjira achievements?
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Albert Namatjira/Awards
Where can I see Albert Namatjira paintings?
Seeing the centre The art of Albert Namatjira 1902–1959
- The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs NT, 28 July – 22 September 2002.
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, 5 October 2002 – 19 January 2003.
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA, 7 March – 4 May 2003.
What tribe is Albert Namatjira from?
the Aranda people
A member of the Aranda people, Namatjira attended a Lutheran mission school, was taught European watercolour technique by a white artist, Rex Battarbee, from 1934 to 1936, and became a teacher at the Finke River Aboriginal Mission School.
How is Vincent Namatjira related to Albert Namatjira?
Vincent is the great-grandson of the renowned Arrernte watercolour artist Albert Namatjira. Vincent was born in Alice Springs and spent his early childhood at Hermannsburg. When his mother passed away unexpectedly, Vincent was removed from his family and raised in foster homes.
When did Albert Namatjira paint the central Australian landscape?
1936
Namatjira’s artworks were colourful and varied depictions of the Australian landscape. One of his first landscapes from 1936, Central Australian Landscape, shows a land of rolling green hills.
How old was Albert Namatjira when he started painting?
Born and raised at the Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission outside Alice Springs, Namatjira showed interest in art from an early age, but it was not until 1934 (aged 32), under the tutelage of Rex Battarbee, that he began to paint seriously.
What was the cause of Albert Namatjira’s death?
Albert Namatjira, the artist died on 8 August 1959 in Alice Springs, soon after he suffered from heart disease complicated by pneumonia.
Why was Albert Namatjira given conditional Australian citizenship?
Namatjira’s skills in European watercolour painting were interpreted as evidence of the potential success of assimilation policies. In 1957, Namatjira became the first Aboriginal person to be granted conditional Australian citizenship.
Who was the first Aboriginal artist to paint in European style?
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.