Albert Namatjira (28 July 1902 - 8 August1959), born Elea Namatjira, was one of Australia's most acclaimed visual artists. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area. Though in his early career he painted a wide variety of subjects, he is best known for his watercolour Australian outback desert landscapes, a style which inspired the Hermannsburg School of Aboriginal art. Wikipedia
Introduction to the exhibition Albert Namatjira is one of Australia's best-known artists, whose landscape paintings are iconic images synonymous with the Australian outback. www.nga.gov.au/namatjira/
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Namatjira, Albert (1902 - 1959 ) Albert Namatjira was the first indigenous artist to paint and exhibit professionally in Western style. www.anbg.gov.au/biography/namatjira-albert.html
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